word-vault/dist/data/cards/sy/syndrome.json

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{
    "term": "syndrome",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a set of physical conditions that show you have a particular disease or medical problem",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "PMS or premenstrual syndrome"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This syndrome is associated with frequent coughing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This syndrome mostly affects women in their forties."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["acute", "clinical", "Asperger’s"],
                "verb + syndrome": ["have", "suffer from", "develop"],
                "syndrome + verb": [
                    "affect somebody",
                    "be present in somebody",
                    "occur"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a set of opinions or a way of behaving that is typical of a particular type of person, attitude or social problem",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "With teenagers, be prepared for the ‘Me, me, me!’ syndrome *(= they think of themselves first)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This phenomenon has become known as the ‘Californian syndrome’."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɪndrəʊm/",
                "audio": "sy/syndrome/syndrome__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɪndrəʊm/",
                "audio": "sy/syndrome/syndrome__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek sundromē, from sun- ‘together’ + dramein ‘to run’."
}