核心畫面

Picture a set of signs that keep showing up together as one recognizable package — not one symptom alone, but a cluster that runs together, so doctors give the whole bundle a single name.

可以想成:一堆徵狀老是一起出現、湊成一個能辨認的組合——不是單一症狀,而是「成群結隊一起跑出來」,所以醫生乾脆給整包更多收起可以想成:一堆徵狀老是一起出現、湊成一個能辨認的組合——不是單一症狀,而是「成群結隊一起跑出來」,所以醫生乾脆給整包一個名字。核心畫面比較像「一組固定同時出現的徵象」。

From the word’s history

From Greek syndromos 'running together' (syn- 'together' + dromos 'a running, course'). The root picture is several things running together at once — exactly a syndrome, where a group of symptoms turns up together as one recognizable set.

源自希臘文 syndromos「一起跑」(syn- 一起 + dromos 跑、路程)。字根的畫面比較像好幾樣東西同時一起跑出來——這正是 syndrome:一群症狀結伴出現,湊成一個能認得的組合。

Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com/word/syndrome)

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

syndromenoun/ˈsɪndɹəʊm/

  • 1

    medicinepathologysciencesA recognizable pattern of signs, symptoms and/or behaviours, especially of a disease or medical or psychological condition.

    • Down syndrome; acquired immune deficiency syndrome; restless-leg syndrome; battered-wife syndrome
    • A “zone of rarity” emerges when symptoms cluster neatly into syndromes and interforms are uncommon, although not altogether absent. Fuzzy boundaries and interforms are a special problem for PTSD […]
  • 2

    Any set of characteristics regarded as identifying a certain type, condition, etc., usually adverse.

    • not-in-my-backyard syndrome; tip-of-the-tongue syndrome
    • My roommate, Tony, and I were sitting in our living room on a Saturday afternoon trying to decide what to do that night. You know the syndrome: Saturday night when everyone is supposed to do something exciting and have a great time. If you don't, you're likely to wake up on Sunday morning feeling weird and lonely.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。