Down's syndrome
[Named after J. L. H. Down (1828–96), English physician.]
= mongolism.
| 1961 G. Allen et al. in Lancet 8 Apr. 775/2 Some of the undersigned are inclined to replace the term ‘mongolism’ by such designations as ‘Langdon-Down anomaly’, or ‘Down's syndrome or anomaly’ or ‘congenital acromicria’. 1961 Ibid. 21 Oct. 935/1 Our contributors prefer Down's syndrome to mongolism because they believe that the term ‘mongolism’ has misleading racial connotations and is hurtful to many parents. 1965 H. E. Sutton Introd. Human Genetics v. 37 The condition known as trisomy 21 syndrome or mongolian idiocy (sometimes referred to as Down's syndrome) had long been an enigma. 1965 New Scientist 2 Dec. 632/1 The chromosomal damage leading to Down's syndrome (as the ‘mongol’ condition is now described). |