In medicine, the term syndrome is the association of several clinically recognizable features, signs, symptoms, phenomena or characteristics which often occur together, so that the presence of one feature alerts the physician to the presence of the others. In recent decades the term has been used outside of medicine to refer to a combination of phenomena seen in association.
The term syndrome derives from the Greek and means literally "run together," as the features do. The term syndrome is most often used when the reason that the features occur together (pathophysiology) has not yet been discovered. A familiar syndrome name often continues to be used even after an underlying cause has been found. Many syndromes are named after the physicians credited with first reporting the association; these are "eponymous" syndromes. Otherwise, disease features or presumed causes, as well as references to geography, history or poetry, can lend their names to syndromes.
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Critique of The China Syndrome - The Nuclear Energy Institute reviews the China Syndrome film based on facts and figures from a real incident at Three Mile Island.
Meta Description: [ China Syndrome Film and Theory Earn A 'Thumbs-Down' Rating from ScientistsThe accident at Unit 2 of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant on March 28, 1979, only 12 days after the release of The China Syndrome, helped make the film ]
History: The China Syndrome - Features plot synopsis, cast, crew, and information concerning the real events behind the movie.
IMDb: China Syndrome, The - Provides information about the cast and crew from this 1979 film about a reporter discovering a hazard cover up at a nuclear power plant.
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Rottentomatoes: The China Syndrome - Reviews from the critics and audiences, plot synopsis, cast, crew, tidbits, and rating information.
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