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