Nephrotic syndrome and Syndrome

Nephrotic syndrome noun - A syndrome characterized by edema and large amounts of protein in the urine and usually increased blood cholesterol; usually associated with glomerulonephritis or with a complication of various systemic diseases.

Syndrome and nephrotic syndrome are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Syndrome" instead a noun phrase "Nephrotic syndrome".

Syndrome noun - A pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease.

Nephrotic syndrome and syndrome are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Nephrotic syndrome" with "Syndrome", this terms are similar.