Definition of "syndrome" []

• A group of symptoms that collectively indicate or characterize a disease, psychological disorder, or other abnormal condition. (noun)
• A complex of symptoms indicating the existence of an undesirable condition or quality. (noun)
• A distinctive or characteristic pattern of behavior: the syndrome of conspicuous consumption in wealthy suburbs. (noun)

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• ""Toasted skin syndrome" is what Swiss researchers have dubbed a mottled-skin condition caused by long-term heat exposure."
• "Those extra chemicals generally didn't count as un-natural until the Chicken Nugget incident of 2015 when over three hundred thousand fast food patrons concocted a rare form of modified protein syndrome from the GM chicken they consumed."