DOWN SYNDROME


Meaning of DOWN SYNDROME in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Etymology: J. L. H. Down died 1896 English physician

Date: 1961

: a congenital condition characterized by moderate to severe mental retardation, slanting eyes, a broad short skull, broad hands with short fingers, and trisomy of the human chromosome numbered 21 — called also Down's syndrome

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