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Down syndrome

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Noun

(medical): condition caused by a chromosomal deficiency, whereby the patients bear a certain resemblance to the Mongoloid race, such as a small head and tilted eyelids.

Translations

Catalan: síndrome de Down f
Dutch: syndroom van Down, downsyndroom n (note: syndroom van Down is written with capital D, downsyndroom not)
German: Down-Syndrom n, Mongolismus m
Indonesian: sindrom Down
Interlingua: syndrome de Down
Japanese: ダウン症 (だうんしょう, daun-shō)
Polish: zespół Downa
Portuguese: síndrome de Down f
Spanish: síndrome de Down m
Swedish: Downs syndrom

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