'mongolism' definitions:
Definition of 'mongolism'
From: WordNet
noun
A congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation [syn: mongolism, mongolianism, Down's syndrome, Down syndrome, trisomy 21]
Definition of 'mongolism'
From: GCIDE
- 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 retardation, a short nose, prominent epicanthic folds on the eyelids, a protruding lower lip, and other physical features having varying degrees of deviation from the normal. Called also mongolism, trisomy-21 and trisomy 21 syndrome. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'mongolism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- achromatic vision,
- albinism,
- amentia,
- arrested development,
- backwardness,
- blithering idiocy,
- Christmas disease,
- color blindness,
- cretinism,
- cystic fibrosis,
- dichromatic vision,
- dysautonomia,
- half-wittedness,
- Hartnup disease,
- hemophilia,
- ichthyosis,
- idiocy,
- idiotism,
- imbecility,
- infantilism,
- insanity,
- mental defectiveness,
- mental deficiency,
- mental handicap,
- mental retardation,
- mongolianism,
- mongoloid idiocy,
- moronism,
- moronity,
- mucoviscidosis,
- muscular dystrophy,
- pancreatic fibrosis,
- profound idiocy,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- sickle-cell anemia,
- simple-wittedness,
- simplemindedness,
- simpleness,
- simplicity,
- subnormality,
- thalassemia,
- Werdnig-Hoffmann disease