Down syndrome

Speech parts

1. Down syndrome - Noun

2. Down syndrome - Proper noun

Meaning

a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

mongolism trisomy 21 mongolianism cerebral palsy birth defect Angelman syndrome development disability Klinefelter syndrome autism spectrum disorder Cornelia de Lange Syndrome sad syndrome Dubowitz syndrome Mongolian idiocy congenital anomalies congenital malformations

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Antonyms

cognitive functions brain functions cognitive skills brain activities cognitive processes educational skills

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Hypernyms

birth defect congenital disorder trisomy congenital abnormality congenital anomaly congenital defect

Examples

The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama's "death panel" so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their "level of productivity in society," whether they are worthy of health care. Sarah Palin

Kids with Down syndrome are, by and large, quite affectionate and relatively guileless, and frequently, the attachments to them grow and deepen. And the meaning that parents find in it grows and deepens. Andrew Solomon

I believe it is my responsibility to do what I can for children and people with Down syndrome as well as in my native Dominican Republic. Albert Pujols

It is easy to see what many people, women especially, admire about Sarah Palin. Here is a mother of five who can see the bright side of having a child with Down syndrome and still find the time and energy to govern the state of Alaska. Sam Harris

Children born with Down Syndrome are not vegetables, nor are their lives demonstrably not worth living. Tucker Carlson

Having Down syndrome is like being born normal. I am just like you and you are just like me. We are all born in different ways, that is the way I can describe it. I have a normal life. Chris Burke

Close letter words and terms

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