Down syndrome
noun/ˈdaʊn sɪndrəʊm/
/ˈdaʊn sɪndrəʊm/
(North American English) (also Down's syndrome especially in British English)
[uncountable]- a medical condition that some people are born with, caused by a fault with one chromosome, which results in learning disabilitiesTopics Disabilityc2
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Down syndrome