> the "syndrome" part of the name makes it sound a genetic
That's one meaning of "syndrome", but it also shows up in the names of diseases that were discovered and characterized as unusual clusters of symptoms well before anyone knew what the underlying cause or disease process was (the most well-known example probably being AIDS).
That's one meaning of "syndrome", but it also shows up in the names of diseases that were discovered and characterized as unusual clusters of symptoms well before anyone knew what the underlying cause or disease process was (the most well-known example probably being AIDS).