How to Pronounce Cushing Syndrome

Cushing Syndrome is pronounced KOOSH-ing SIN-drohm. The first part rhymes with 'push,' and the second part sounds like 'syndrome' with the stress on the first syllable. Say it as if you're saying 'KOOSH' (rhyming with 'bush') then 'ing' (like the ending of 'running'), then 'SIN' (rhyming with 'pin'), then 'drohm.'

The stress falls on the first syllable of each word: KOOSH-ing (stress on KOOSH) and SIN-drohm (stress on SIN). A common mistake is stressing the second syllable in Cushing, so remember to emphasize the KOOSH part.

Cushing breaks into two syllables: CUSH-ing. Syndrome also has two syllables: SYN-drome. Together it's four syllables: CUSH-ing SYN-drome.

Syndrome is a medical word that means a group of symptoms or signs that happen together and indicate a particular condition. The word comes from Greek and literally means 'running together.' You'll hear 'syndrome' used for many conditions in medicine.

Cushing Syndrome is named after Dr. Harvey Cushing, an American surgeon who first described this condition in the early 1900s. In medical terminology, when a condition is named after a person who discovered it, that person's name is capitalized—so it's 'Cushing' with a capital C.

Cushing Syndrome is a medical condition related to too much of a hormone in the body for a long time. The word 'syndrome' tells you it's a collection of related signs and changes that happen together.

The abbreviation is CS. You might also see it written as Cushing's Syndrome (with an apostrophe-s), though both forms are acceptable in medical writing.

Other medical words with 'syndrome' in them include Down syndrome, Marfan syndrome, and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. They all use 'syndrome' to describe a group of connected signs or features that occur together.