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syndrome
In medicine, the simultaneous occurrence of various signs of illness (symptoms) that are characteristic of a particular clinical condition.
Das Down-Syndrom ist eine genetisch bedingte Veränderung.
Down syndrome is a genetically caused variation.
syndrome
In a figurative sense, a typical combination of behaviors, attitudes, or characteristics that occur in a specific context.
Das Helfersyndrom beschreibt Menschen mit einem übersteigerten Bedürfnis, anderen zu helfen.
Helper syndrome describes people with an excessive need to help others.
In its main meaning, 'Syndrom' (syndrome) is a technical term from medicine. It is used to describe a group of symptoms that together form a clinical condition.
Die Forschung zu diesem Syndrom macht große Fortschritte.
Research into this syndrome is making great progress.
In a medical context, 'Syndrom' (syndrome) is often used with verbs like 'leiden an' (to suffer from, with dative) or 'diagnostizieren' (to diagnose). The person suffers 'an einem Syndrom' (from a syndrome).
Er leidet seit seiner Kindheit an einem seltenen genetischen Syndrom.
He has suffered from a rare genetic syndrome since childhood.
In a figurative sense, '-syndrom' (-syndrome) is often used to name complex behavioral patterns. It is then attached to another word like a suffix, e.g. 'Helfersyndrom' (helper syndrome) or 'Burnout-Syndrom' (burnout syndrome).
Das Burnout-Syndrom wird als ernsthafte Erkrankung anerkannt.
Burnout syndrome is recognized as a serious illness.
clinical picture
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.
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.
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.
