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Down's syndrome

Down's syndrome is the alternative form of Down syndrome.

Meaning of Down syndrome

Noun

Down syndrome (uncountable)

  1. (Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, US, usually) 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.

Questions about Down's syndrome

What is Down's syndrome the alternative form of?
Down's syndrome is the alternative form of Down syndrome.

Words near Down's syndrome in the dictionary

  1. down with
  2. down with one's dust
  3. down with the dust
  4. down with the kids
  5. Down's
  6. Down's syndrome
  7. down-
  8. down-and-out
  9. down-and-outer
  10. down-and-outers
  11. down-and-outs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Down's syndrome (page history and authors); Down syndrome (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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