mongolism

3 definitions found

mongolism - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Down syndrome \Down" syn`drome\, Down's syndrome \Down's"
  syn`drome\, n. (Med.)
     A congenital disorder caused by an extra chromosome 21 in
     some or all cells. It causes a variable number and degree of
     abnormalities, including retarded growth, mental retardation,
     a short nose, prominent epicanthic folds on the eyelids, a
     protruding lower lip, and other physical features having
     varying degrees of deviation from the normal. Called also
     mongolism, trisomy-21 and trisomy 21 syndrome.
     [PJC]

mongolism - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  mongolism
      n 1: a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st
           chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and
           mental retardation [syn: mongolism, mongolianism,
           Down's syndrome, Down syndrome, trisomy 21]

mongolism - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "mongolism":
     Christmas disease, Hartnup disease, Werdnig-Hoffmann disease,
     achromatic vision, albinism, amentia, arrested development,
     backwardness, blithering idiocy, color blindness, cretinism,
     cystic fibrosis, dichromatic vision, dysautonomia, half-wittedness,
     hemophilia, ichthyosis, idiocy, idiotism, imbecility, infantilism,
     insanity, mental defectiveness, mental deficiency, mental handicap,
     mental retardation, mongolianism, mongoloid idiocy, moronism,
     moronity, mucoviscidosis, muscular dystrophy, pancreatic fibrosis,
     profound idiocy, retardation, retardment, sickle-cell anemia,
     simple-wittedness, simplemindedness, simpleness, simplicity,
     subnormality, thalassemia