Down syndrome
noun[U]
mainlyUSus/ˈdaʊn ˌsɪn.droʊm/uk/ˈdaʊn ˌsɪn.drəʊm/(UKusuallyDown's syndrome)aconditionin which someone isbornwith anextrachromosome(= one of the rod-likestructuresfoundin alllivingcellswhich ispartof an animal's orplantsgeneticmaterial), whichresultsin them havinglearningdifficulties:
Danny is 15 and has Downsyndrome.
"Werespectthecapabilitiesandworthofpeoplewith Downsyndrome," thestatementsaid.
See also
trisomy 21
- Hisson, Daniel, wasbornin 1996 with DownSyndrome.
- Thescreeningtestmight sayyourchildhas a one in 350chanceof having Downsyndrome.
- Wethinkwe'reslowlybeingabletounderstandwhat'scausingreducedcognitiveabilityinpeoplewith Downsyndrome.
- She is amotherof fourchildren,includinga Downsyndromebaby.
Genetics
- adenine
- allele
- anaphase
- biohacker
- biohacking
- biotech
- gene amplification
- heterozygote
- homologous
- homologue
- homozygote
- hybridization
- paternal
- ribosome
- rRNA
- segregate
- segregation
- sequence
- terminator gene
- transgenic