| Definitions | | Down syndrome |
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noun
- (teratology) Condition caused by a chromosomal deficiency, whereby the patients bear a certain resemblance to the Mongoloid race, such as a small head and tilted eyelids.
Translations: - Dutch: (t, nl, syndroom van Down, n), (t, nl, downsyndroom) , (t, nl, mongolisme)
- German: Down-Syndrom , Mongolismus
- Spanish: síndrome de Down
Etymology: Named after w:John Langdon-Down, John L.H. Langdon-Down (1828-1896), an English physician who described it in the late 1800s. The term was first used in 1961.
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