What is the difference between a disease and a syndrome?

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May24-05, 09:13 PM	#1
BinsonKanger BinsonKanger is Offline: Posts: 1	What is the difference between a disease and a syndrome? Waht is the difference between the syndromes and a disease becase arent they all genitacally passsed down?

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May25-05, 04:36 AM	#2
matthyaouw matthyaouw is Offline: Posts: 1,065 Recognitions: PF Contributor	Wikipedia is your friend http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syndrome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease

May25-05, 05:58 AM	#3
Monique Monique is Offline: Posts: 3,581	A syndrome is a collection of symptoms that point to a disease. A disease is having an ill body, which includes having a syndrome.

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