Down syndrome

短语

唐氏症

发音

UK /daʊn ˈsɪndɹəʊm/
AU
US /daʊn ˈsɪndɹoʊm/
US /-dɹəm/

别名

Down's syndrome Down’s syndrome DS

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21 (a chromosomal excess), whereby the patients typically have a delay in cognitive ability and physical growth, as well as a small head and tilted eyelids.

    唐氏综合症

    唐氏症

    先天性愚型

    澳大利亚 加拿大 爱尔兰 新西兰 美国 不可数 医学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

Down's syndrome Mongolianism mongolism trisomy 21

上位词 3

birth defect congenital disorder trisomy

词源

Named after English physician John Langdon Haydon Down (1828–1896), who first described the condition as a distinct form of mental disability in the 1860s.

来源：wiktionary