Usually means: Genetic disorder causing developmental delays.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word Down Syndrome:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. Down syndrome: Merriam-Webster
  2. Down syndrome: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Down syndrome: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Down syndrome: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Down syndrome: Vocabulary.com
  6. Down syndrome, down-syndrome: Wordnik
  7. Down syndrome: Wiktionary
  8. Down syndrome: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Down syndrome: Dictionary.com
  10. Down Syndrome, Down-syndrome, Down syndrome: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Down syndrome: Rhymezone
  12. down syndrome: FreeDictionary.org
  13. down syndrome: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. Down syndrome: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. Down syndrome: Merriam-Webster

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Down-syndrome, Down syndrome: Encyclopedia

Medicine (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. Down syndrome: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Down syndrome, Syndrome, Down: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Down syndrome: Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Health and Wellness Dictionary (No longer online)
  8. Specific Diseases/Disorders (No longer online)
  9. Collaborative Hypertext of Radiology (No longer online)
  10. Down syndrome: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  11. Down syndrome: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  12. Down syndrome: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  13. Down-syndrome, Down syndrome: Medical dictionary
  14. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  15. Down syndrome, Syndrome, Down: Drug Medical Dictionary
  16. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Down Syndrome: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Down syndrome)

noun:  (neurology, medical genetics) A genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21 (a chromosomal excess), whereby the patients typically have a delay in cognitive ability and physical growth, as well as a small head and tilted eyelids.

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