Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Down syndrome.
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- noun
Down syndrome
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- noun a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation
Etymologies
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Examples
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For example, all mutations that take place in humans result in physical deformities, in infirmities such as mongolism, Down syndrome, albinism, dwarfism , cancer, etc.
Dr Michael Egnor challenges evolution! - The Panda's Thumb 2007
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It was earlier referred to as 'mongolism' (based on the facial features of the affected individuals) - a term that is discouraged from being used today.
Medindia Health News 2010
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In many areas, Down syndrome - or mongolism - is the most common form of mental slowness, or retardation.
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Down syndrome (mongolism) · movements and response slow
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It hasn't been called Trisomy G for decades, since the days when the common term for it was "mongolism."
Latest Articles 2010
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I think the ratio of dumb fucking student displaying true features of mongolism clearly outweighs the number of incompetent professors.
The great education debate Professor in Training 2009
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For the same reasons, leprosy is now called Hansen's disease, and mongolism has become Down syndrome; people who were once called crazy, mad, lunatic, demented, etc., are now categorized as sick.
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(mongolism) · cretinism walks with both feet tiptoe
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