Defenition of the word Down syndrome
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Defenition of the word Down syndrome
- A genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 21st chromosome.
- a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation
Synonyms for the word Down syndrome
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- Down syndrome
- Down's syndrome
- mongolianism
- mongolism
- trisomy 21
Hypernyms for the word Down syndrome
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- backwardness
- birth defect
- congenital abnormality
- congenital anomaly
- congenital defect
- congenital disorder
- mental retardation
- retardation
- slowness
- subnormality
- trisomy
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