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clinical picture
The totality of symptoms, findings, and characteristic features that make up a specific disease.
Fieber und ein typischer Hautausschlag gehören zum Krankheitsbild von Masern.
Fever and a typical skin rash are part of the clinical picture of measles.
disease profile
In a figurative sense, the totality of negative features that describe a problematic condition in a system or society.
Der Untersuchungsbericht zeichnet ein düsteres Krankheitsbild der Finanzlage des Unternehmens.
The investigation report paints a bleak disease profile of the company's financial situation.
The word is made up of 'Krankheit' (illness/disease), the linking -s, and 'Bild' (picture). So it literally describes a 'picture of a disease', meaning the totality of its features.
Die Symptome passen nicht zu einem einzigen, klaren Krankheitsbild.
The symptoms do not fit a single, clear clinical picture.
You can recognize the meaning from the topic. In a medical context (symptoms, patient, doctor), the literal meaning is intended. In social or economic contexts (company, society, politics), the figurative meaning is intended.
Das Krankheitsbild der Grippe umfasst Fieber, Husten und Gliederschmerzen.
The clinical picture of the flu includes fever, cough, and aching limbs.
In the medical meaning, 'Krankheitsbild' (clinical picture) is a technical term. Typical verbs are 'zeigen' (to show), 'aufweisen' (to exhibit), or 'entsprechen' (to correspond to).
Der Patient zeigt das typische Krankheitsbild einer Lungenentzündung.
The patient shows the typical clinical picture of pneumonia.
In the figurative meaning, 'Krankheitsbild' (disease profile) is often used with the verb 'zeichnen' (to paint/draw) and a negative adjective such as 'düster' (bleak), 'erschreckend' (alarming), or 'desaströs' (disastrous).
Der Bericht zeichnet ein erschreckendes Krankheitsbild der sozialen Ungleichheit.
The report paints an alarming disease profile of social inequality.
syndrome
A Syndrom (syndrome) refers to several signs of illness that occur together in a characteristic combination. Krankheitsbild (clinical picture), by contrast, refers to the entirety of the symptoms, findings, and features of a particular disease. Syndrom is the better choice for the defined combination, while Krankheitsbild is used for the complete medical picture.
Zum Krankheitsbild gehören neben Fieber und Hautausschlag auch die Ergebnisse der Blutuntersuchung.
In addition to fever and a skin rash, the clinical picture includes the results of the blood test.
Das Syndrom zeigt sich durch die typische Kombination aus Fieber, Hautausschlag und Müdigkeit.
The syndrome is characterized by the typical combination of fever, a skin rash, and fatigue.
