syndrome
noun /ˈsɪndrəʊm/
/ˈsɪndrəʊm/
- PMS or premenstrual syndrome
- This syndrome is associated with frequent coughing.
- This syndrome mostly affects women in their forties.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- acute
- clinical
- Asperger’s
- …
- have
- suffer from
- develop
- …
- affect somebody
- be present in somebody
- occur
- …
- a set of opinions or a way of behaving that is typical of a particular type of person, attitude or social problem
- With teenagers, be prepared for the ‘Me, me, me!’ syndrome (= they think of themselves first).
- This phenomenon has become known as the ‘Californian syndrome’.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek sundromē, from sun- ‘together’ + dramein ‘to run’.