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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.
AIDS, a case study
A recent case study is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), so named as most syndromal immune deficiencies are either inborn or secondary to hematological disease. AIDS was originally termed "Gay Related Immune Disease" (or GRID), a name which was revised as the disease turned out to also affect heterosexuals. Several years passed after the recognition of AIDS before HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) was first described, finally explaining the hitherto mysterious "syndrome". More on [ Syndrome ]
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My astro.com profile for the 31st was DEAD ON. So ripe for damage, so close to a cancerian china syndrome... thankfully avoided it. #fb
bluedepth (bluedepth) Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:22:38 -0000
My astro.com profile for the 31st was DEAD ON. So ripe for damage, so close to a cancerian china syndrome... thankfully avoided it. #fb
A reminder, my band China Syndrome plays Pat's Pub tonight with Wilderness Years and the Burnettes. We'll hit the stage @ about 11:45.
timchan (timchan) Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:06:37 -0000
A reminder, my band China Syndrome plays Pat's Pub tonight with Wilderness Years and the Burnettes. We'll hit the stage @ about 11:45.
Can't sleep for shit, so I'm going to watch The China Syndrome with Fonda, Douglas, and Lemmon. That way, I'll never sleep *again*
MariaEArnold (Maria Arnold) Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:11:44 -0000
Can't sleep for shit, so I'm going to watch The China Syndrome with Fonda, Douglas, and Lemmon. That way, I'll never sleep *again*
My band China Syndrome will be playing @ Pat's Pub this Fri, Oct 30. Some pre-Hallowe'en fun with us, Wilderness Years and the Burnettes!
timchan (timchan) Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:40:55 -0000
My band China Syndrome will be playing @ Pat's Pub this Fri, Oct 30. Some pre-Hallowe'en fun with us, Wilderness Years and the Burnettes!
Not that anyone would want me anywhere near their Nuclear Industry. Anyone seen The China Syndrome? That would be me in the nuke biz.
JoAnnRoss (JoAnn Ross) Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:04:01 -0000
Not that anyone would want me anywhere near their Nuclear Industry. Anyone seen The China Syndrome? That would be me in the nuke biz.
I still enjoy the fact that I borrowed "China Syndrome" -- a book about a virus outbreak in China -- from the library.
hollyly (Holly) Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:47:24 -0000
I still enjoy the fact that I borrowed "China Syndrome" -- a book about a virus outbreak in China -- from the library.
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.
Meta Description: [ The China Syndrome - Cast, Crew, Reviews, Plot Summary, Comments, Discussion, Taglines, Trailers, Posters, Photos, Showtimes, Link to Official Site, Fan Sites ]
Rottentomatoes: The China Syndrome - Reviews from the critics and audiences, plot synopsis, cast, crew, tidbits, and rating information.
Meta Description: [ THE CHINA SYNDROME reviews from the nation's top critics and audiences. Also includes movie info, trailer, poster, photos, news, articles, and forum. ]
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