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Illness vs Syndrome - What's the difference?

illness | syndrome |

As nouns the difference between illness and syndrome

is that illness is (countable) an instance of a disease or poor health while syndrome is .

illness

English

Noun

  • (countable) An instance of a disease or poor health.
  • (uncountable) A state of bad health or disease.

    • Synonyms

    * (instance) sickness * (state) sickness * See also

    Related terms

    * ill * hypochondriac

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    syndrome

    English

    (wikipedia syndrome)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pathology) A recognizable pattern of signs, symptoms and/or behaviours.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katie L. Burke
    • , title= In the News , volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.}}

    Derived terms

    * acquired immune deficiency syndrome * Asperger syndrome * * Bloom syndrome * chronic fatigue syndrome * * China syndrome * Down syndrome * economy class syndrome * empty nest syndrome * false memory syndrome * fetal alcohol syndrome * foreign accent syndrome * Gorlin's syndrome * * kapang syndrome * Kearns-Sayre syndrome * Korsakoff's syndrome * * parental alienation syndrome * Paris syndrome * Parkinson's syndrome * Peter Pan syndrome * Pinkerton Syndrome * polycystic ovary syndrome * premenstrual syndrome * Proteus syndrome * red neck syndrome * red man syndrome * Rett syndrome * Reye's syndrome * severe acute respiratory syndrome * sick building syndrome * small man syndrome * smoking stool syndrome * Stockholm syndrome * sudden infant death syndrome * sundowner syndrome * tall poppy syndrome * toxic shock syndrome * tube feeding syndrome * true believer syndrome * Zollinger-Ellison syndrome