Down syndrome

Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• Down’s syndrome

Etymology

Named after John L.H. Langdon-Down (1828-1896), an English physician who described it in the late 1800s. The term was first used in 1961.

Noun

Down syndrome (uncountable)

1. (chiefly US) 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.

Synonyms

• trisomy 21

Usage notes

Known only as Down's syndrome in the UK.

Translations

condition caused by chromosomal deficiency

Arabic: متلازمة داون (ar) (mutalazimat daun) f. Catalan: síndrome de Down (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 唐氏綜合症 (zh), 唐氏综合症 (zh) (Tángshì zōnghézhèng) Dutch: syndroom van Down (nl) n., downsyndroom (nl) n., mongolisme (nl) n. Finnish: Downin syndrooma (fi), Downin oireyhtymä (fi), mongolismi (fi), mongoloidismi (fi) French: syndrome de Down (fr) m., trisomie 21 (fr) f. German: Downsyndrom (de) n. / Down-Syndrom (de) n., Mongolismus (de) m. (dated) Indonesian: sindrom Down (id)

Interlingua: syndrome de Down (ia) Japanese: ダウン症 (ja) (だうんしょう, Daun-shō) Korean: 다운 증후군 (ko) (Daun jeunghugun) Polish: zespół Downa (pl) m. Portuguese: síndrome de Down (pt) f. Russian: синдром Дауна  (ru) (sindróm Dáuna) m. Spanish: síndrome de Down (es) m. Swedish: Downs syndrom (sv)