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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Syndrome, n. [e.m.E. syndrome a concurrence of several symptoms in a disease (1541), a set of concurrent things (1646), f. the Gk.] A set of things happening concurrently. —1611 Crim. Trials III 189.
Because the apparence seems not to transcend the capacity of natural means, and the whole syndrome and series of its causes may be thus explained
