mongolism
1mongolism — MONGOLÍSM s.n. Boală congenitală care se datoreşte prezenţei unui cromozom suplimentar şi care se caracterizează prin debilitate mintală şi printr un facies de tip mongoloid (2). – Din fr. mongolisme. Trimis de LauraGellner, 04.06.2004. Sursa:… …
2Mongolism — [mäŋ′gəl iz΄əm, män′gəl iz΄əm] n. [often m ] former term for DOWN SYNDROME …
3mongolism — 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… …
4Mongolism — Obsolete name for Down syndrome. Down syndrome refers to the 19th century English physician J. Langdon Down who described the condition in 1866. In great error, Langdon Down attributed the condition to a reversion to the mongoloid race. He held… …
5mongolism — mongol, mongolism, mongoloid terms formerly used for sufferers of what is now called Down s syndrome, are considered offensive and should be avoided …
6mongolism — Mongol ► NOUN 1) a person from Mongolia. 2) (mongol) offensive a person with Down s syndrome. DERIVATIVES mongolism noun (offensive ). USAGE The term mongol was adopted in the late 19th century to refer to a person suffering from Down s syn …
7mongolism — noun Date: 1900 sometimes offensive Down syndrome …
8mongolism — See Down s syndrome …
9mongolism — /mong geuh liz euhm, mon /, n. (sometimes cap.) Pathol. (no longer in technical use) Down syndrome. [1895 1900; MONGOL + ISM] * * * …
10mongolism — noun Down syndrome …