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Definition of: Down's syndrome
(dounz) Pathol.
Congenital mental and physical retardation due to a chromosomal anomaly, accompanied by variable signs including a flat face and pronounced epicanthic folds: also called Mongolism. [<J.L.H. Down, 1828–96, Eng. physician]
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