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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a complex of concurrent things;
- Example: "every word has a syndrome of meanings"

2. a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Syndrome \Syn"dro*me\, n. [NL., from Gr. ?; sy`n with + ? a course, a running.] 1. Concurrence. [R.] --Glanvill. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) A group of symptoms occurring together that are characteristic and indicative of some underlying cause, such as a disease. [1913 Webster] 3. generally, a pattern of characteristics or behaviors occurring together, that are sufficiently common and distinctive to indicate that they are due to a known cause. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

syndrome n 1: a complex of concurrent things; "every word has a syndrome of meanings" 2: a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease