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♞ Syn, sym-: together

Syndrome-

noun

1.

Pathology, Psychiatry. a group of symptoms that together are characteristic of a specific disorder, disease, or the like.

2.

a group of related or coincident things, events, actions, etc.

3.

the pattern of symptoms that characterize or indicate a particular social condition.

4.

a predictable, characteristic pattern of behavior, action, etc., that tends to occur under certain circumstances:

the retirement syndrome of endless golf and bridge games; the feast-or-famine syndrome of big business.

Symptom-

noun

1.

any phenomenon or circumstance accompanying something and serving as evidence of it.

2.

a sign or indication of something.

3.

Pathology.a phenomenon that arises from and accompanies a particular disease or disorder and serves as an indication of it.

♞ SARS=Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

♞ e-:out

evacuate-

verb(usedwithobject), evacuated, evacuating.

1.

to leave empty; vacate.

Synonyms:empty, void, drain.

2.

to remove (persons or things) from a place, as a dangerous place or disaster area, for reasons of safety or protection:

toevacuatetheinhabitantsoftownsinthepathofaflood.

3.

to remove persons from (a city, town, building, area, etc.) for reasons of safety:

toevacuatetheembassyafterabombthreat.

4.

Military.

1. to remove (troops,wounded soldiers,civilians, etc.)from a war zone, combat area, etc.
2. to withdraw from or quit (a town, fort, etc., that has been occupied).

5.

Physiology.to discharge or eject as through the excretory passages, especially from the bowels.

6.

to deprive:

Fearevacuatedtheirmindsofreason.

7.

to produce a vacuum in.

♞ en-:make

enforce-

verb(usedwithobject), enforced, enforcing.

1.

to put or keep in force; compel obedience to:

toenforcearule;Trafficlawswillbestrictlyenforced.

2.

to obtain (payment, obedience, etc.) by force or compulsion.

3.

to impose (a course of action) upon a person:

Thedoctorenforcedastrictdietaryregimen.

4.

to support (a demand, claim, etc.) by force:

toenforceone'srightsasacitizen.

5.

to impress or urge (an argument, contention, etc.) forcibly; lay stress upon:

Heenforcedhisargumentbyaddingdetails.

♞ -itis : inflammation

sinusitis-

noun, Pathology

1.

inflammation of a sinus or the sinuses.

Gastritis-

noun

1.

inflammation of the stomach, especially of its mucous membrane.

Bronchitis-

noun, Pathology

1.

acute or chronic inflammation of the membrane lining of the bronchial tubes, caused by respiratory infection or exposure to bronchial irritants, as cigarette smoke.