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syndrome vs Conn's syndrome

Conn's syndrome vs syndrome

syndrome and Conn's syndrome both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
syndrome Yes No No No
Conn's syndrome Yes No No No
As nouns, Conn's syndrome is a hyponym of syndrome; that is, Conn's syndrome is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than syndrome:
  • syndrome: a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease
  • Conn's syndrome: disturbances in saltwater balance and symptoms of weakness and muscular cramps and twitching and convulsions and sometimes paralysis; usually caused by a benign tumor of the cortex of the adrenal gland that leads to excess secretion of aldosterone
syndrome (noun) Conn's syndrome (noun)
a complex of concurrent things disturbances in saltwater balance and symptoms of weakness and muscular cramps and twitching and convulsions and sometimes paralysis; usually caused by a benign tumor of the cortex of the adrenal gland that leads to excess secretion of aldosterone
a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease
Difference between syndrome and Conn's syndrome

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