Down syndrome

Down syndrome

noun

Definition of DOWN SYNDROME

: 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

Origin of DOWN SYNDROME

J. L. H. Down †1896 English physician

First Known Use: 1961

Rhymes with DOWN SYNDROME

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