(しょうこうぐん)

しょうこうぐん
noun
syndrome
medicalhealth
1. syndrome (medical)
A set of symptoms that regularly occur together and are treated as one named condition. Also used loosely of recurring social or behavioral patterns, as English does with "syndrome."
(あたら)しい症候群(しょうこうぐん)報告(ほうこく)された
A new syndrome has been reported.
医師(いし)睡眠時無呼吸(すいみんじむこきゅう)症候群(しょうこうぐん)(うたが)っている
The doctor suspects sleep apnea syndrome.
The cause of this syndrome is unclear, and no treatment has been established.
Some people jokingly call the reluctance to go to work after a long holiday a "May blues syndrome."

Formed from 症候(しょうこう) (symptom) + (ぐん) (group). Attaches to the end of a condition's name, exactly where English puts "syndrome."

Common collocations

  • 睡眠時無呼吸(すいみんじむこきゅう)症候群(しょうこうぐん): sleep apnea syndrome
  • 過敏性腸(かびんせいちょう)症候群(しょうこうぐん): irritable bowel syndrome
  • ダウン症候群(しょうこうぐん): Down syndrome

Similar words

  • 症状(しょうじょう): symptom — a single sign of illness, whereas 症候群(しょうこうぐん) is the whole named cluster
  • (びょう): disease — used when the cause is known; a syndrome is named from its symptoms alone

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