down's syndrome

Questions about down's syndrome

What is another word for down's syndrome?

It depends which down's syndrome you mean. In the sense “a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation”, the synonyms are mongolism, mongolianism, Down syndrome, trisomy 21. Across all 1 sense there are 4 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of down's syndrome?

WordNet records no antonym for down's syndrome. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for down's syndrome come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

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• Full entry for down's syndromeAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for down's syndromeWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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