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In [[medicine]], the term '''syndrome''' is the association of several clinically recognizable features, [[sign (medicine)|signs]], [[symptom]]s, phenomena or characteristics which often occur together, so that the presence of one feature alerts the [[physician]] to the presence of the others. In recent decades the term has been used outside of medicine to refer to a combination of phenomena seen in association. |
In [[medicine]], the term '''syndrome''' is the association of several clinically recognizable features, [[sign (medicine)|signs]], [[symptom]]s, phenomena or characteristics which often occur together, so that the presence of one feature alerts the [[physician]] to the presence of the others. In recent decades the term has been used outside of medicine to refer to a combination of phenomena seen in association. |
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The term ''syndrome'' derives from the Greek and means literally "run together," as the features do. The term ''syndrome'' is most often used when the reason that the features occur together (pathophysiology) has not yet been discovered. A familiar syndrome name often continues to be used even after an underlying cause has been found. Many syndromes are named after the physicians credited with first reporting the association; these are "eponymous" syndromes. Otherwise, disease features or presumed causes, as well as references to geography, history or poetry, can lend their names to syndromes |
The term ''syndrome'' derives from the Greek and means literally "run together," as the features do. The term ''syndrome'' is most often used when the reason that the features occur together (pathophysiology) has not yet been discovered. A familiar syndrome name often continues to be used even after an underlying cause has been found. Many syndromes are named after the physicians credited with first reporting the association; these are "eponymous" syndromes. Otherwise, disease features or presumed causes, as well as references to geography, history or poetry, can lend their names to syndromes |
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| + | ==List of syndromes== |
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| − | == AIDS, a case study == |
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| + | Psychologists have been involved in studying a wide variety of syndromes. These include: |
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| − | A recent ''case study'' is [[AIDS|Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome]] (AIDS), so named as most syndromal immune deficiencies are either inborn or secondary to hematological disease. AIDS was originally termed "Gay Related Immune Disease" (or GRID), a name which was revised as the disease turned out to equally affect heterosexuals. Several years passed after the recognition of AIDS before HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) was first described, finally explaining the hitherto mysterious "syndrome". |
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| + | *[[Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome]] |
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| − | SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) is an even more recent example of a syndrome that was later explained with the identification of a causative coronavirus. |
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| + | *[[Addisons disease]] |
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| + | *[[Angelman syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Aspergers syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Athymhormic syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Bálint's syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Battered child syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Capgras syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Chronic fatigue syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Cohen syndrome |
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| + | *[[Creutzfeldt Jakob syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Crying cat syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Cushings syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Delirium tremens]] |
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| + | *[[Downs syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Duane syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Fetal alcohol syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Fragile X syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Ganser syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Gerstmann syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Goldenhar syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Irritable bowel syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Kallmann syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Kliene Levin syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Klienfelters syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Marfan syndrome |
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| + | *[[Menieres disease]] |
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| + | *[[Metabolic syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Munchausen syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Neuroleptic malignant syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Prader Willi syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Reye's syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Rett syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Senile dementia]] |
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| + | *[[Testicular feminization syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Triple X syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Turners syndrome]]sher syndrome |
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| + | *[[Wernickes syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Withdrawal syndrome]] |
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| + | ==See also== |
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| + | *[[General adaptation syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Myofacial pain]] |
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| + | *[[Organic brain syndromes]] |
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| + | *[[Paraneoplastic syndromes]] |
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| + | *[[Serotonin syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Stockholm syndrome]] |
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| + | *[[Sudden infant death]] |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
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| − | * [http://www.whonamedit.com Whonamedit.com] - a repository of medical eponyms |
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[[Category:Medical terms]] |
[[Category:Medical terms]] |
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| + | [[category:Mental disorders]] |
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| + | [[Category:Physical disorders]] |
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In medicine, the term syndrome is the association of several clinically recognizable features, signs, symptoms, phenomena or characteristics which often occur together, so that the presence of one feature alerts the physician to the presence of the others. In recent decades the term has been used outside of medicine to refer to a combination of phenomena seen in association.
The term syndrome derives from the Greek and means literally "run together," as the features do. The term syndrome is most often used when the reason that the features occur together (pathophysiology) has not yet been discovered. A familiar syndrome name often continues to be used even after an underlying cause has been found. Many syndromes are named after the physicians credited with first reporting the association; these are "eponymous" syndromes. Otherwise, disease features or presumed causes, as well as references to geography, history or poetry, can lend their names to syndromes
List of syndromes
Psychologists have been involved in studying a wide variety of syndromes. These include:
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
- Addisons disease
- Angelman syndrome
- Aspergers syndrome
- Athymhormic syndrome
- Bálint's syndrome
- Battered child syndrome
- Capgras syndrome
- Chronic fatigue syndrome
- [[Cohen syndrome
- Creutzfeldt Jakob syndrome
- Crying cat syndrome
- Cushings syndrome
- Delirium tremens
- Downs syndrome
- Duane syndrome
- Fetal alcohol syndrome
- Fragile X syndrome
- Ganser syndrome
- Gerstmann syndrome
- Goldenhar syndrome
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Kallmann syndrome
- Kliene Levin syndrome
- Klienfelters syndrome
- [[Marfan syndrome
- Menieres disease
- Metabolic syndrome
- Munchausen syndrome
- Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
- Prader Willi syndrome
- Reye's syndrome
- Rett syndrome
- Senile dementia
- Testicular feminization syndrome
- Triple X syndrome
- Turners syndromesher syndrome
- Wernickes syndrome
- Withdrawal syndrome
See also
- General adaptation syndrome
- Myofacial pain
- Organic brain syndromes
- Paraneoplastic syndromes
- Serotonin syndrome
- Stockholm syndrome
- Sudden infant death