Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index in Medicine a grouping or constellation of disease features that is a consistent pattern indicating a particular disease process. Many syndromes are eponomous or named after the discovering person. Examples: Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome, Cushing's Syndrome, Down's Syndrome, SIADH, sick building syndrome In recent years the best-known use of the word has been in the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, or AIDS. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.