Noun
Down syndrome (uncountable) (chiefly US, Australia, New Zealand)
- (neurology, medical genetics) 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.]
Usage notes
The condition is known only as Down's syndrome in the UK and Canada.
Translations
genetic disorder caused by a chromosomal excess
- 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 (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 (zh) (Tángshì zōnghézhèng), 唐氏症 (zh) (Tángshìzhèng)
- Czech: Downův syndrom m
- Danish: Downs syndrom n
- Dutch: syndroom van Down n, downsyndroom (nl) n, mongolisme (nl) n
- Estonian: Downi sündroom
- Finnish: Downin oireyhtymä (fi), Downin syndrooma (fi)
- French: syndrome de Down (fr) m, trisomie 21 (fr) f
- German: Downsyndrom (de) n / Down-Syndrom (de) n, Trisomie 21 (de) f, Mongolismus (de) m (dated, now offensive)
- Greek: σύνδρομο Down (el) n (sýndromo Down)
- Hebrew: תסמונת דאון \ תִּסְמֹנֶת דָּאוּן (he) f (tismónet daun)
- Hindi: डाउन सिंड्रोम (ḍāun siṇḍrom)
- 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
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Downs syndrom n
- Nynorsk: Downs syndrom n
- Persian: سندرم داون
- Polish: zespół Downa (pl) m
- Portuguese: síndrome de Down (pt) f
- Russian: синдром Дауна (ru) m (sindrom Dauna)
- Spanish: síndrome de Down m
- Swedish: Downs syndrom (sv) n
- Telugu: డౌన్ సిండ్రోము (ḍaun siṇḍrōmu)
- Turkish: Down sendromu
- Vietnamese: hội chứng Down
- Welsh: syndrom Down m or f
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