Symptom vs. Syndrome
Difference Between Symptom and Syndrome
Symptomnoun
(medicine) A perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease or disorder, such as fever, headache or rash.
Syndromenoun
(pathology) 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 syndromeSymptomnoun
(figuratively) A signal; anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else, especially of something undesirable.
Syndromenoun
Any set of characteristics regarded as identifying a certain type, condition, etc., usually adverse.
not-in-my-backyard syndrome; tip-of-the-tongue syndromeSymptomnoun
(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
Syndromenoun
a complex of concurrent things;
every word has a syndrome of meaningsSymptomnoun
anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence
Syndromenoun
a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease
