GULF WAR SYNDROME

Meaning of GULF WAR SYNDROME in English

noun

Usage: usually capitalized G&W

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

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

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 — 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 — Function: noun Date: 1992 : a syndrome of uncertain cause including fatigue, joint pain, memory loss, skin rash, and headache …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
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

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