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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.
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.
illness / disease
'Krankheit' and 'Syndrom' both belong to the medical field. 'Krankheit' is the more general word for an illness or disease. 'Syndrom' refers more specifically to a typical group of several signs of illness that occur together. Learners may confuse the words because a syndrome is often treated or named like a disease. Strictly speaking, however, 'Syndrom' mainly describes the pattern of symptoms, while 'Krankheit' means the state of being ill or the illness as a whole.
Am Abend las er einen Artikel über ein seltenes Syndrom bei Kindern.
In the evening, he read an article about a rare syndrome in children.
Frau Wolf spricht offen über ihre Krankheit und bekommt viel Unterstützung.
Ms. Wolf speaks openly about her illness and receives a lot of support.