mongolism — 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:… … Dicționar Român
Mongolism — [mäŋ′gəl iz΄əm, män′gəl iz΄əm] n. [often m ] former term for DOWN SYNDROME … English World dictionary
mongolism — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mongolism — mongol, mongolism, mongoloid terms formerly used for sufferers of what is now called Down s syndrome, are considered offensive and should be avoided … Modern English usage
mongolism — 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 … English terms dictionary
mongolism — noun Date: 1900 sometimes offensive Down syndrome … New Collegiate Dictionary
mongolism — See Down s syndrome … Dictionary of molecular biology
mongolism — /mong geuh liz euhm, mon /, n. (sometimes cap.) Pathol. (no longer in technical use) Down syndrome. [1895 1900; MONGOL + ISM] * * * … Universalium
mongolism — noun Down syndrome … Wiktionary
mongolism — Synonyms and related words: Christmas disease, Hartnup disease, Werdnig Hoffmann disease, achromatic vision, albinism, amentia, arrested development, backwardness, blithering idiocy, color blindness, cretinism, cystic fibrosis, dichromatic vision … Moby Thesaurus