GULF WAR SYNDROME

Meaning of GULF WAR SYNDROME in English

Function: noun

Date: 1992

: a syndrome of uncertain cause including fatigue, joint pain, memory loss, skin rash, and headache that has been reported in veterans of the war fought in the Persian Gulf in 1991

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GULF WAR SYNDROME — noun Date: 1992 a syndrome of uncertain cause including fatigue, joint pain, memory loss, skin rash, and headache that has …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GULF WAR SYNDROME — Cluster of illnesses in veterans of the Persian Gulf War (1990–91). These illnesses are characterized by variable and nonspecific symptoms …
Английский словарь Британика
GULF WAR SYNDROME — noun Usage: usually capitalized G&W : a syndrome of uncertain cause that includes fatigue, joint pain, memory loss, skin rash, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GULF WAR SYNDROME — Date: 1992 : a syndrome of uncertain cause including fatigue, joint pain, memory loss, skin rash, and headache that has …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GULF WAR SYNDROME — ■ noun an unexplained medical condition affecting some veterans of the 1991 Gulf War, causing fatigue, chronic headaches, and skin …
Concise Oxford English vocab
GULF WAR SYNDROME — ˌGulf ˈWar ˌSyndrome BrE AmE noun [uncountable] one or more illnesses suffered by soldiers who fought in the Gulf War, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GULF WAR SYNDROME — Cluster of illnesses in veterans of the Persian Gulf War (199091). These illnesses are characterized by variable and nonspecific symptoms …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GULF WAR SYNDROME — n [ U ] a disease that has affected many of the soldiers who fought in the Gulf War in …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
SYNDROME — noun see: dromedary Date: 1541 a group of signs and symptoms that occur together and characterize a particular abnormality or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WAR — I State of conflict, generally armed, between two or more entities. It is characterized by intentional violence on the part …
Английский словарь Британика
SYNDROME — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) severe acute respiratory syndrome battered woman syndrome carpal tunnel syndrome chronic fatigue syndrome Cushing …
Английский словарь Британика
GULF — I Any large coastal indentation, similar to a bay but larger. Most existing gulfs were formed or greatly extended as …
Английский словарь Британика
WAR — I. ˈwȯ(ə)r, ˈwȯ(ə) noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English werre, warre, from Old North French werre, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GULF — I. ˈgəlf, ˈgəu̇f noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English goulf, golf, from Middle French golfe, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SYNDROME — ˈsinˌdrōm sometimes -_drəm or -drə(ˌ)mē or -drəmi noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek syndromē act of running …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SYNDROME — (n.) A group of symptoms occurring together that are characteristic and indicative of some underlying cause, such as a disease.
Английский словарь Webster
SYNDROME — (n.) Concurrence.
Английский словарь Webster
GULF — (n.) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of …
Английский словарь Webster
SYNDROME — ( n. ) Concurrence.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GULF — ( n. ) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WAR — war 1 /wawr/ , n. , v. , warred, warring , adj. n. 1. a conflict carried on by force …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SYNDROME — — syndromic /sin drom"ik/ , adj. /sin"drohm, -dreuhm/ , n. 1. Pathol. , Psychiatry. a group of symptoms that together …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GULF — I. ˈgəlf noun Etymology: Middle English goulf, from Middle French golfe, from Italian golfo, from Late Latin colpus, from Greek …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SYNDROME — -drəm noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek syndromē combination, syndrome, from syn- + dramein to run — more at dromedary …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WAR — adj ware; aware. 2. war ·noun forces; army. 3. war ·noun instruments of war. 4. war ·noun the profession of …
Webster English vocab
SYNDROME — noun concurrence. 2. syndrome ·noun a group of symptoms occurring together that are characteristic and indicative of some underlying cause, …
Webster English vocab
GULF — noun that which swallows; the gullet. 2. gulf ·noun a large deposit of ore in a lode. 3. gulf ·noun …
Webster English vocab
SYNDROME — [syn.drome] n [NL, fr. Gk syndrome combination, syndrome, fr. syn- + dramein to run--more at dromedary] (1541) 1: a group …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GULF — [gulf] n [ME goulf, fr. MF golfe, fr. It golfo, fr. LL colpus, fr. Gk kolpos bosom, gulf; akin to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WAR — a state of usually open and declared armed hostile conflict between political units, such as states or nations or between …
Britannica English vocabulary
GULF — any large coastal indentation. A gulf is similar to a bay both in terms of shape and of origin, but …
Britannica English vocabulary
WAR — war BrE AmE wɔː AmE wɔːr ▷ warred wɔːd AmE wɔːrd ▷ warring ˈwɔːr ɪŋ ▷ wars wɔːz AmE \ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SYNDROME — syndrome BrE AmE ˈsɪn drəʊm -drəm AmE \ -droʊm —Formerly also -drə ʊ m i ▷ syndrome|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GULF — gulf, Gulf BrE AmE ɡʌlf ▷ gulfs ɡʌlfs ▶ ˈ Gulf Stream BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WAR — / wɔː(r); NAmE / noun 1. [ U , C ] a situation in which two or more countries or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SYNDROME — / ˈsɪndrəʊm; NAmE -droʊm/ noun 1. a set of physical conditions that show you have a particular disease or medical …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GULF — / gʌlf; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] a large area of sea that is partly surrounded by land …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAR
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SYNDROME — syn ‧ drome /ˈsɪndrəʊm $ -droʊm/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Modern Latin ; Origin: Greek …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GULF — gulf /ɡʌlf/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: French ; Origin: golfe , from Greek kolpos 'arms …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WAR — n. & v. --n. 1 a armed hostilities between esp. nations; conflict (war broke out; war zone). b a specific …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GULF — n. & v. --n. 1 a stretch of sea consisting of a deep inlet with a narrow mouth. 2 (the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WAR — n. & v. n. 1 a armed hostilities between esp. nations; conflict (war broke out; war zone). b a specific …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GULF — n. & v. n. 1 a stretch of sea consisting of a deep inlet with a narrow mouth. 2 (the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WAR — n. & v. --n. 1. a armed hostilities between esp. nations; conflict (war broke out; war zone). b a specific …
Oxford English vocab
GULF — n. & v. --n. 1. a stretch of sea consisting of a deep inlet with a narrow mouth. 2 (the …
Oxford English vocab
WAR — ( wars) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A war is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SYNDROME — ( syndromes) 1. A syndrome is a medical condition that is characterized by a particular group of signs and symptoms. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GULF — The Gulf is used to refer to the Arabian Gulf, the Persian Gulf and the surrounding countries. ...the Gulf crisis. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GULF — ( gulfs) 1. A gulf is an important or significant difference between two people, things, or groups. Within society, there …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAR — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a devastating war ▪ It will take a long time for the region to recover …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SYNDROME — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Asperger's syndrome carpal tunnel syndrome chronic fatigue syndrome Down's syndrome economy class syndrome irritable bowel …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GULF — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Gulf Stream unbridgeable gulf/gap/chasm etc (between sb/sth and sb/sth) ▪ the unbridgeable gulf between the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WAR
Cambridge English vocab
SYNDROME — [noun] [C] - a combination of medical problems that commonly go together, which might show the existence of a particular …
Cambridge English vocab
GULF — (DIFFERENCE) [noun] [C] - an important difference between the ideas and opinions of two groups of peopleThere is a widening …
Cambridge English vocab
WAR — n. Achinese War Algerian War Algerian War of Independence American Civil War War Between the States Civil War United States …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SYNDROME — n. acquired immunodeficiency syndrome severe acute respiratory syndrome battered woman syndrome carpal tunnel syndrome chronic fatigue syndrome Cushing syndrome Down …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GULF — n. Aden Gulf of Alaska Gulf of Amundsen Gulf Aqaba Gulf of Arta Gulf of Gulf of Chihli Bothnia Gulf …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GULF — n. Any large coastal indentation, similar to a bay but larger. Most existing gulfs were formed or greatly extended as …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WAR — Synonyms and related words : American Revolution, Ares, Athena, Balkan Wars, Bellona, Boer War, Civil War, Crimean War, Crusades, Enyo, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SYNDROME — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ acute ▪ clinical ▪ Asperger's , chronic fatigue , etc. VERB + SYNDROME ▪ have , suffer …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
GULF — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big , deep , enormous , great , huge , unbridgeable , vast , wide , yawning …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WAR — INDEX: 1. fighting between countries or armies 2. to fight in a war or be in a war 3. to …
Longman Activator English vocab

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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