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MONGOLISM

• MONGOLISM (noun)
The noun MONGOLISM has 1 sense:

1. a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation

Familiarity information: MONGOLISM used as a noun is very rare.

• MONGOLISM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

Down syndrome; Down's syndrome; mongolianism; mongolism; trisomy 21

Hypernyms ("mongolism" is a kind of...):

birth defect; congenital abnormality; congenital anomaly; congenital defect; congenital disorder (a defect that is present at birth)

trisomy (chrosomal abnormality in which there is one more than the normal number of chromosomes in a cell)

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(Danish proverb)

Useful links:
Meaning of congenital abnormality
Meaning of trisomy
Meaning of birth defect
Pronunciation of congenital disorder
Meaning of congenital anomaly

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