trisomy 21

1. (noun) a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation
Synonyms: Down syndrome, Down's syndrome, mongolianism, mongolism
Related Words: backwardness, birth defect, congenital abnormality, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disorder, mental retardation, retardation, slowness, subnormality



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