Down syndrome

English 2016 October 7 thumb|A father and his son with Down syndrome Alternative forms en Down’s syndrome chiefly in the _ UK and rarely Canada Etymology en English physician John Langdon Haydon Down = 1828 1896, who first described the condition as a distinct form of mental disability in the 1860s. Pronunciation en /daʊn ˈsɪndɹəʊm/ RP en /daʊn ˈsɪndɹoʊm/ /-dɹəm/ GA en en-au-Down syndrome.ogg AU en Down syn drome Noun - en chiefly US Ireland Australia New Zealand usually Canada en Q47715 en neurology genetic disorder A genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21 (a chromosomal excess), whereby the patients typically have a delay in cognitive ability and physical growth, as well as a small head and tilted eyelids. from 1961. en Down's mongolism Mongolian idiocy trisomy 21 informal offensive offensive Usage notes en Down's syndrome is the standard term in the UK, and is occasionally used in Canada. Derived terms en Down syndromed Down syndrome regression disorder Translations genetic disorder caused by a chromosomal excess Arabic: ar مُتَلَازِمَة دَاوْن f Catalan: ca síndrome de Down f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 唐氏綜合症 tong4 si6 zung3 hap6 zing3, tong4 si6 zung1 hap6 zing3, yue 唐氏症 tong4 si6 zing3 Mandarin: cmn 唐氏綜合症 Tángshì zōnghézhèng, cmn 唐氏症 Tángshìzhèng, cmn 先天性愚型 xiāntiānxìng yúxíng dated, now offensive, cmn 蒙古症 Ménggǔzhèng dated, now offensive Czech: cs Downův syndrom m Danish: da Downs syndrom n Dutch: nl syndroom van Down n, nl downsyndroom n, nl mongolisme n dated, now offensive Estonian: et Downi sündroom Finnish: fi Downin oireyhtymä, fi Downin syndrooma French: fr syndrome de Down m, fr trisomie 21 f German: de Downsyndrom n / de Down-Syndrom n, de Trisomie 21 f, de Mongolismus m dated, now offensive Greek: el σύνδρομο Down n Hebrew: he תסמונת דאון f tismónet daun תסמונת דאון \ תִּסְמֹנֶת דָּאוּן Hindi: hi डाउन सिंड्रोम Hungarian: hu Down-szindróma Indonesian: id sindrom Down Interlingua: ia syndrome de Down Italian: it sindrome di Down f Japanese: ja ダウン症 だうんしょう, Daun-shō Kazakh: kk Даун синдромы Korean: ko 다운 증후군 Lithuanian: lt Dauno sindromas m Malay: ms sindrom Down Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Downs syndrom n Nynorsk: nn Downs syndrom n Persian: fa سندرم داون Polish: pl zespół Downa m Portuguese: pt síndrome de Down f Russian: ru синдром Дауна m Spanish: es síndrome de Down m Swedish: sv Downs syndrom n Telugu: te డౌన్ సిండ్రోము Turkish: tr Down sendromu Vietnamese: vi hội chứng Down Welsh: cy syndrom Down m f Further reading en pleonastic compound nouns en Syndromes