Famous Syndromes (Medical and Otherwise)

Name these various syndromes, based on the clues.

The first column is capitalized proper nouns, while the second is uncapitalized common nouns.

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Description	Syndrome
When hostages develop a psychological bond with their captors	Stockholm syndrome
When a nuclear meltdown tunnels its way to the other side of the planet	China syndrome
When East Asian tourists are disillusioned by their European vacation	Paris syndrome
When individuals feign sickness to draw attention, sympathy, or reassurance to themselves	Munchausen syndrome
An autistic spectrum disorder in which language and intelligence are unimpaired	Asperger syndrome
A common neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by motor and vocal tics	Tourette syndrome
Genetic disorder with characteristic facial features caused by an extra chromosome 21	Down syndrome
A genetic disorder affecting connective tissue, resulting in long arms, legs, fingers, and toes	Marfan syndrome
A genetic condition where a man has XXY sex chromosomes instead of XY	Klinefelter syndrome
A rapidly worsening brain disease that can be caused by aspirin use	Reye syndrome

Description	Syndrome
Emotional and physical symptoms that occur 1 or 2 weeks before a woman's period	premenstrual syndrome
Condition caused by bacterial toxins (often from absorbent tampons)	toxic shock syndrome
Caused by pregnant women drinking beer, wine, or liquor	fetal alcohol syndrome
Also known as cot death or crib death	sudden infant death syndrome
When infants are subject to abusive head trauma	shaken baby syndrome
Characterized by an unpleasant feeling in the legs that briefly improves with moving them	restless legs syndrome
Pain, numbness and tingling in the hand, often blamed on computer work	carpal tunnel syndrome
Long-term gastrointestinal disorder characterized by abdominal pain and diarrhea and/or constipation	irritable bowel syndrome
Long-term condition resulting in unexplained malaise and exertion intolerance	chronic fatigue syndrome
When HIV infection results in opportunistic infections	acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

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