syn-, sy-, sym-, syl-, sys-
(Greek: with, together with; also by extension: united; same, similar; at the same time)
symptome
symptomless
1. Exhibiting or showing no symptoms of illness or disease: "She had a symptomless infection."
2. Without obvious signs or symptoms of disease. Cancer may cause symptoms and warning signs, but, especially in its early stages, cancer may develop and grow without producing any symptoms.
symptomolytic
symptomolytic
That which causes the disappearance of symptoms.
symptoms (and general pathology)
The manifestations of disease and pathological conditions that may occur in various diseases and different organs.
symptosis
sympus
A developmental anomaly characterized by an apparent fusion of the lower limbs; especially, the feet.
Symmelia in which there may be three feet (tripodial sympus), two feet (dipodial sympus), one foot (monopodial sympus), or no feet (apodal sympus or sirenomelia).
symurgy
synadelphus
Conjoined twins with a single head, partially united trunk, and four upper and four lower limbs.
synaesthesialgia, synesthesialgia
1. A painful sensation giving rise to a subjective one of different character.
2. A condition in which a stimulus produces pain on the affected side but no sensation or even a pleasant one on the normal side of the body.
synaesthetic
1. Referring to a condition in which one type of stimulation evokes the sensation of another, as when the hearing of a sound produces the visualization of a color.
2. Relating to a sensation felt in one part of the body as a result of stimulus applied to another, as in referred pain.
synaetion
synalbumin
synalgic
synanthous
1. Having flowers and leaves appearing simultaneously.
2. Having flowers united together as in Compositae (closely packed).
Related-word units meaning same:
auto-;
equ-;
homeo-;
homo-;
iso-;
pari-;
peer-;
tauto-.
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