Look up: mongolism


  1. mongolism
    [n] - a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=mongolism

  2. Mongolism
    Mongolism: Obsolete name for Down syndrome. Down syndrome refers to the 19th century English physician J. Langdon Down who described the condition in 1866. In great error, Langdon Down attributed the condition to a 'reversion' to the 'mongoloid race.' He held that evolution had been reversed and the...
    Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=4420

  3. mongolism
    See Down's syndrome.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  4. mongolism
    Synonym for Down's syndrome ... <genetics, syndrome> A congenital disorder in which a person is born with three copies of chromosome 21 (trisomy 21). ... Clinical features include moderate to severe mental retardation, slanting eyes, a broad short skull, broad hands and short fingers. Other co...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?mongolism

  5. mongolism
    mongolianism noun a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=mongolism

  6. mongolism
    (mong´go-liz-әm) old term for Down syndrome; now considered offensive.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  7. Mongolism
    Also known as Down syndrome or Trisomy 21, this congenital defect is the most common chromosomal abnormality. This birth defect occurs when the child receives duplicated information from chromosome #21. Mongolism affects approximately 1 out of every 1,000 births and older mothers are more likely to ...
    Found op http://www.pregnology.com/AZ/M/6

  8. mongolism
    Former name (now considered offensive) for Down's syndrome
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0004895.html

  9. mongolism
    1) Backwardness 2) Birth defect 3) Congenital abnormality 4) Congenital anomaly 5) Congenital defect 6) Congenital disorder 7) Down syndrome 8) Down`s syndrome 9) Mental retardation 10) Mongolianism 11) Retardation 12)
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/mongolism/1

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