How to Use syndrome in a Sentence

syndrome

noun
  • Pain in the hip and leg can come from the hip (like with piriformis syndrome) or from the spine.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Aka patellofemoral pain syndrome, or pain around or behind the kneecap.
    Ashley Mateo, Health, 11 Feb. 2023
  • That’s why one of the biggest lessons most startups need to learn is to avoid shiny object syndrome.
    Yec, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
  • But there’s no doubt that Economou has more than earned her place on that stage, imposter syndrome be damned.
    Patricia Karounos, refinery29.com, 23 Mar. 2023
  • This syndrome can cause endocrine glands to grow tumors on them.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Fury of the Gods commences, our hero is suffering from a bit of imposter syndrome.
    Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Males are three to four times more likely to develop the syndrome than females.
    Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 26 June 2023
  • Capaldi has been open about having Tourette syndrome in the past.
    Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The control group was small and not perfectly matched to those with Havana syndrome.
    Katie Bo Lillis, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Damage to the eye cornea related to the dry eye syndrome was measured via corneal staining.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Other kinds of ticks outside the U.S. have also been linked to alpha-gal syndrome.
    Alexander Tin, CBS News, 27 July 2023
  • Men are three to four times more likely to develop Tourette syndrome.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2023
  • His niece Cathy Doran said the cause was myelodysplastic syndromes, a rare form of blood cancer.
    Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2023
  • Some researchers have attributed the syndrome to the lone star tick, which was more commonly found in the southern U.S.
    Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 8 May 2023
  • Many of the patients had watched popular TikTok videos of teenagers claiming to have Tourette’s syndrome.
    Azeen Ghorayshi Amber Bracken, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The drug, which is also used to manage miscarriages and treat Cushing’s syndrome, was first approved by the FDA in 2000.
    Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Don’t get caught up with the comparison game or be fooled by imposter syndrome.
    Claire Brito, House Beautiful, 23 Mar. 2023
  • When this is severe enough to lead to weight loss and muscle wasting, it's called anorexia-cachexia syndrome (ACS).
    Jenny Sweigard, Verywell Health, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Currently there is no cure for these post-viral syndromes.
    Linda Carroll, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Singer Billie Eilish, who also has the syndrome, revealed in 2018 that she was diagnosed as a child.
    Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The young Pirates fan was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome — which meant the left side of his heart had been underdeveloped at birth.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
  • Three separate shows tried to solve the puzzle of the perplexing ailment known as Havana syndrome.
    Laura Jane Standley, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2023
  • This concept of the syndrome was first proposed in the late 1970s, when there were optimistic predictions that the Space Shuttle might fly as often as once per week.
    Georgina Torbet, The Verge, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The 89-year-old Democrat was suffering from encephalitis, or swelling of the brain, and a condition known as Ramsay Hunt syndrome.
    Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2023
  • His admission about suffering from imposter syndrome led Kim, the Asian actress who voices Ji-Young, to chime in on it.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 11 May 2023
  • Halsey has also been open about their health struggles with endometriosis and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
    Korin Miller, Women's Health, 7 Aug. 2023
  • In the media, C.T.E. was being described as a shocking syndrome that had never been noticed in sports outside of boxing.
    Ingfei Chen, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2023
  • While Wexler was dealing with feelings of imposter syndrome, his wife, Olivia Wexler, was brewing a special surprise.
    Jenna Wang, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
  • According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, there is no treatment that cures stiff-person syndrome.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
  • No one knows what causes Havana syndrome, and treatment seems to be focused on the symptoms and not Havana syndrome itself.
    Korin Miller, Health, 10 Nov. 2023

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