Down syndrome

English

WOTD – 7 October 2016

Named after John Langdon Haydon Down (1828–1896), an English physician who first described the condition as a distinct form of mental disability in the 1860s.

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Hyphenation: Down syn‧drome

(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.]

The condition is known only as Down's syndrome in the UK.

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, 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), 唐氏综合症 (Tángshì zōnghézhèng), 唐氏症 (zh) (Tángshìzhèng)
Czech: Downův syndrom m
Dutch: syndroom van Down n, downsyndroom (nl) n, mongolisme (nl) n
Estonian: Downi sündroom
Finnish: Downin oireyhtymä (fi)
French: syndrome de Down (fr) m, trisomie 21 (fr) f
German: Downsyndrom (de) n / Down-Syndrom (de) n, Mongolismus (de) 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 siṇḍrōmu)