syndrome
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1. a complex of concurrent things (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | complex, composite, |
| definition | : | a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts (noun.cognition) |
2. a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | symptom, |
| definition | : | (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | autism, |
| definition | : | (psychiatry) an abnormal absorption with the self; marked by communication disorders and short attention span and inability to treat others as people (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | horner's syndrome, |
| definition | : | a pattern of symptoms occurring as a result of damage to nerves in the cervical region of the spine (drooping eyelids and constricted pupils and absence of facial sweating) (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | cervical disc syndrome, cervical root syndrome, |
| definition | : | an abnormal condition resulting from compression of spinal nerve roots in the neck region; involves neck pains and muscular weakness and paresthesia (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | chinese restaurant syndrome, |
| definition | : | headache and tingling or burning feelings and sweating caused by eating food that contains monosodium glutamate (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | conn's syndrome, |
| definition | : | disturbances in saltwater balance and symptoms of weakness and muscular cramps and twitching and convulsions and sometimes paralysis; usually caused by a benign tumor of the cortex of the adrenal gland that leads to excess secretion of aldosterone (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | fas, fetal alcohol syndrome, |
| definition | : | a congenital medical condition in which body deformation occurs or facial development or mental ability is impaired because the mother drinks alcohol during pregnancy (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | gulf war syndrome, persian gulf illness, |
| definition | : | a medical condition of uncertain origin that affected many veterans of the 1991 Gulf War; characterized by fatigue and headache and dizziness and nausea and rashes and joint pain and respiratory disorders (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | klinefelter syndrome, klinefelter's syndrome, xxy-syndrome, |
| definition | : | syndrome in males that is characterized by small testes and long legs and enlarged breasts and reduced sperm production and mental retardation; a genetic defect in which an extra X chromosome (XXY) is present in the male (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | malabsorption syndrome, |
| definition | : | a pattern of symptoms including loss of appetite and bloating and weight loss and muscle pain and steatorrhea; associated with celiac disease and sprue and cystic fibrosis (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | nephrosis, nephrotic syndrome, |
| definition | : | a syndrome characterized by edema and large amounts of protein in the urine and usually increased blood cholesterol; usually associated with glomerulonephritis or with a complication of various systemic diseases (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | noonan's syndrome, |
| definition | : | syndrome seen only in males; marked by short stature and lowset ears and subnormal fertility (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | phantom limb syndrome, |
| definition | : | syndrome consisting of discomfort or pain in a limb that has been amputated (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | pms, premenstrual syndrome, |
| definition | : | a syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | radiation, radiation sickness, radiation syndrome, |
| definition | : | syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and some forms of cancer and other diseases; severe exposure can cause death within hours (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | ramsay hunt syndrome, |
| definition | : | syndrome resulting from infection by the herpes varicella zoster virus; characterized by vertigo and pain in the ears and facial nerve paralysis and sometimes hearing loss (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | reiter's disease, reiter's syndrome, |
| definition | : | an inflammatory syndrome (etiology unknown) predominantly in males; characterized by arthritis and conjunctivitis and urethritis (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | reye's syndrome, |
| definition | : | acquired encephalopathy following acute viral infections (especially influenza or chicken pox) in young children; characterized by fever, vomiting, disorientation, coma, and fatty infiltration of the liver (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | scalenus syndrome, |
| definition | : | discomfort and vascular symptoms and loss of sensation in a shoulder and arm; caused by a scalene muscle compressing the subclavian artery and part of the brachial plexus (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | thoracic outlet syndrome, |
| definition | : | tingling sensations in the fingers; caused by compression on a nerve supplying the arm (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | tietze's syndrome, |
| definition | : | syndrome characterized by swelling of rib cartilage (causing pain) (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | fallot's syndrome, fallot's tetralogy, tetralogy of fallot, |
| definition | : | a congenital heart defect producing cyanosis; characterized by four symptoms: pulmonary stenosis and ventricular septal defect and malposition of the aorta over both ventricles and hypertrophy of the right ventricle (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | toxic shock, toxic shock syndrome, tss, |
| definition | : | syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus; characterized by fever and diarrhea and nausea and diffuse erythema and shock; occurs especially in menstruating women using highly absorbent tampons (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | waterhouse-friderichsen syndrome, |
| definition | : | syndrome associated with bacterial meningitis; marked by sudden high fever and skin discoloration and petechiae with hemorrhage into the adrenal glands and cardiovascular collapse (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | williams syndrome, |
| definition | : | a rare congenital disorder associated with deletion of genetic material in chromosome 7; characterized by mental deficiency and some growth deficiency and elfin faces but an overly social personality and a remarkable gift for vocabulary (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | zollinger-ellison syndrome, |
| definition | : | syndrome consisting of intractable peptic ulceration with gastric hypersecretion and hyperacidity (noun.state) |
| part meronym | : | disease, |
| definition | : | an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning (noun.state) |
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