English
A father and his son with Down syndrome
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Down syndrome
- (neurology, chiefly US) A medical condition caused by a chromosomal excess, whereby the patients bear a certain resemblance to the Mongoloid race, such as a small head and tilted eyelids, and typically have a delay in cognitive ability and physical growth. [from 1961.]
Synonyms
Usage notes
The condition is known only as Down's syndrome in the UK.
Translations
condition caused by chromosomal deficiency
- Arabic: مُتَلَازِمَة دَاوْن f (mutalāzima(t) dāwn)
- Catalan: síndrome de Down (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 唐氏綜合症, 唐氏综合症 (tong4 si6 zung3 hap6 zing3, tong4 si6 zung1 hap6 zing3), 唐氏症 (tong4 si6 zing3)
- Mandarin: 唐氏綜合症, 唐氏综合症 (Tángshì zōnghézhèng), 唐氏症 (zh) (Tángshìzhèng)
- Czech: Downův syndrom m
- Dutch: syndroom van Down n, downsyndroom (nl) n, mongolisme n
- Finnish: Downin syndrooma, Downin oireyhtymä, mongolismi, mongoloidismi
- French: syndrome de Down (fr) m, trisomie 21 (fr) f
- German: Downsyndrom (de) n / Down-Syndrom (de) n, Mongolismus m (dated)
- Greek: σύνδρομο Down (el) n (sýndromo Down)
- Hebrew: תסמונת דאון (he) f (tismónet daun)
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- Hungarian: Down-szindróma (hu)
- Indonesian: sindrom Down
- Interlingua: syndrome de Down
- Italian: sindrome del Down f
- Japanese: ダウン症 (だうんしょう, Daun-shō)
- Korean: 다운 증후군 (daun jeunghugun)
- Malay: sindrom Down
- Polish: zespół Downa (pl) m
- Portuguese: síndrome de Down (pt) f
- Russian: синдром Дауна m (sindrom Dauna)
- Spanish: síndrome de Down m
- Swedish: Downs syndrom
- Telugu: డౌన్ సిండ్రోము (ḍaun siṃḍrōmu)
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