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综合征 (zōng hé zhēng) — syndrome (a group of symptoms that consistently occur together)

Definition

A medical term for a 'syndrome' — a set of symptoms that reliably appear together and define a condition. More technical and clinical than the everyday word 病 (illness), which refers to a single specific disease.

noun
syndrome (a group of symptoms that consistently occur together)

Examples

  • 综合征。
    Yī shēng zhěn duàn tā huàn le yì zhǒng hǎn jiàn de zōng hé zhēng.
    The doctor diagnosed him with a rare syndrome.
  • ，“综合征”。
    Cháng jià guò hòu, hěn duō rén huì chū xiàn "jià qī zōng hé zhēng".
    After a long holiday, many people experience 'holiday syndrome'.
  • 综合征。
    Zhè zhǒng zōng hé zhēng de zhǔ yào zhèng zhuàng shì fā shāo hé ké sou.
    The main symptoms of this syndrome are fever and cough.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

综合combine
综zōnggather合hécombine
联合Coordinate
征zhēngsign

综合 means combining, and 征 means signs, so the term names signs that occur together.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 綜; 综 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mì
Sound part声符shēngfú
宗
宗zōng綜zōng
Same sound today

The traditional form 綜 places 糸 beside 宗, with 宗 giving the sound; the simplified 综 is a shorthand, so its visible parts are not the historical parts.

Open 综 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

合 shows 亼 and 口 arranged as two mouths speaking together.

Open 合 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 徵; 征 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 征 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (特征, 象征) it is 徵; in others it is 征.

The story is about the traditional form 徵. It originally meant punishment, from a picture of a knife with tooth-shaped protrusions on its back; later forms kept that sense.

Open 征 →
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