ADJ
acute | clinical
VERB + SYNDROME
have, suffer from | develop | cause, produce | diagnose, recognize
be known as
A combination of stress and poor sleep has become known as burnout syndrome among office workers.
SYNDROME + VERB
affect sb, be present in sb, occur
Down syndrome can be present in babies from birth.
noun
A recognizable pattern of signs, symptoms and/or behaviours, especially of a disease or medical or psychological condition.
Down syndrome; acquired immune deficiency syndrome; restless-leg syndrome; battered-wife syndrome
A “zone of rarity” emerges when symptoms cluster neatly into syndromes and interforms are uncommon, although not altogether absent. Fuzzy boundaries and interforms are a special problem for PTSD […]
Any set of characteristics regarded as identifying a certain type, condition, etc., usually adverse.
not-in-my-backyard syndrome; tip-of-the-tongue syndrome
My roommate, Tony, and I were sitting in our living room on a Saturday afternoon trying to decide what to do that night. You know the syndrome: Saturday night when everyone is supposed to do something exciting and have a great time. If you don't, you're likely to wake up on Sunday morning feeling weird and lonely.
The supposed psychological phenomenon of immaturity among some men, who, like the fictional character, remain childish or childlike and fail to assume appropriate adult social roles and responsibilities.
The husband himself (called "he" to emphasize his role as Typical Male) comes across as a rather dense, naughty adolescent boy. He is clearly suffering from a terminal case of the
A hypothetical kind of catastrophic failure in which a nuclear reactor melts through the floor of its containment system and (if on land) penetrates the Earth's surface, continuing downward as if (from a Western Hemispheric point of view) t
The Ergen report contains an analysis showing that the high-temperature mass would sink into the earth and grow in size for about two years. […] This behavior projection is known a
Hypotonia.
The condition of favoring entrenched and inferior technologies or practices over superior ones.
Nowhere is the QWERTY syndrome stronger than in computers […]
A situation in which employee turnover in an organization is inordinately high.
[S]exual harassment, stereotyping, racism, ageism, and sexual preference discrimination . . . have led to situations such as glass ceilings, earnings gaps, and the revolving door s
Down syndrome; acquired immune deficiency syndrome; restless-leg syndrome; battered-wife syndrome
WiktionaryA “zone of rarity” emerges when symptoms cluster neatly into syndromes and interforms are uncommon, although not altogether absent. Fuzzy boundaries and interforms are a special problem for PTSD […]
WiktionaryBats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propens
WiktionaryIt is not clearly stated in their study if the patients overcame this syndrome during the therapy.
Tatoeba · #305194My wrist and forearm hurt, I think I might be suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome.
Tatoeba · #405854Depression is common among young adults who have Asperger syndrome.
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