Down's syndrome
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Down's syndrome/daʊnz/
▶noun Medicine a congenital disorder causing intellectual impairment and physical abnormalities including short stature and a broad facial profile.
– origin 1960s: named after the 19th-cent. English physician John L. H. Down.
usage: Of relatively recent coinage, Down's syndrome is the accepted term in modern use, and former terms such as mongol and mongolism, which are likely to cause offence, should be avoided.
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