A syndrome is defined as a set of concurrent signs and symptoms that usually form an identifiable pattern. In medicine, a syndrome describes a collection of symptoms and findings without necessarily tying them to a single identifiable cause. If a genetic cause is suspected but not known, it may be referred to as a genetic association. The term "syndrome" in medical genetics is traditionally only used when the underlying genetic cause is known. Syndromes are often named after the physician who discovered or initially described the full clinical picture.

2. SYNDROME
Combining its two Greek roots,
syndrome means basically
"running together"

3. First Known Use of
syndrome
1541

4. A set of concurrent things (such as
emotions or actions) that usually form an
identifiable pattern
A group of signs and symptoms that occur
together and characterize a particular
abnormality or condition

5. A broad definition of syndrome is used, which describes a
collection of symptoms and findings without necessarily
tying them to a single identifiable pathogenesis

6. In MEDICINE a broad definition of
syndrome is used, which describes a
collection of symptoms and findings
findings without necessarily tying them to a
them to a single identifiable pathogenesis.

7. If an underlying genetic cause is suspected but not known, a condition may
be referred to as a genetic association (often just "association" in context).
By definition, an association indicates that the collection of signs and
symptoms occurs in combination more frequently than would be likely by
chance alone

8. In the field of MEDICAL GENETICS, the term "syndrome" is
traditionally only used when the underlying genetic cause is
known
Until 2005, CHARGE syndrome was most frequently referred to as
"CHARGE association".When the major causative gene (CHD7) for
the condition was discovered, the name was changed

9. AVICENNA, in The Canon of Medicine (published 1025), pioneered the
idea of a syndrome in the diagnosis of specific diseases.
The concept of a medical syndrome was further developed in the
century by THOMAS SYDENHAM

10. Syndromes are often named after the physician or group of physicians that
discovered them or initially described the full clinical picture. Such
EPONYMOUS SYNDROME names are examples of medical eponyms