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
  • Still, the next-man-up syndrome has struck the 49ers’ defense after so much of their offense the past month.
    Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2024
  • The syndrome is generally caused by an injury to the spine in the region of the neck or back.
    Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • Alpha-gal syndrome, too, is suspected to be on the rise.
    Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Four events involved a seizure, and two Guillain-Barre's syndrome.
    Stephanie H. Murray, The Week, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Fury of the Gods commences, our hero is suffering from a bit of imposter syndrome.
    Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2023
  • However, with the rise of AI, a unique form of imposter syndrome is emerging.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • Stiff-person syndrome, Newsome says, was first described in the mid-1950s at the Mayo Clinic.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2022
  • There was someone in the audience at a show in L.A. who had severe Tourette syndrome.
    Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Sep. 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
  • Mars retrograde could give you a case of grass-is-greener syndrome.
    The Astrotwins, ELLE, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Males are three to fours times more likely to develop Tourette syndrome.
    Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Stiff-person syndrome can affect any muscle in the body.
    Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 9 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • Millions of bats in North America have died from white-nose syndrome.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Experts urge people to talk to their doctors about CKM syndrome.
    Kristen Fischer, Health, 21 May 2024
  • 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
  • For the first time, Colin Farrell has opened up his home and talked in-depth about life with his son James, who has Angelman syndrome.
    Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2024
  • That’s not just struggling — that’s main character syndrome on steroids.
    Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 24 Nov. 2024
  • One possible complication of E. coli is a type of kidney failure called hemolytic—uremic syndrome, symptoms of which include easy bruising, pallor and decreased urine output.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024

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