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Definition of Mongolism

1. Noun. A congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation.

Definition of Mongolism

1. Noun. Down syndrome ¹

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Definition of Mongolism

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Medical Definition of Mongolism

1. A congenital disorder in which a person is born with three copies of chromosome 21 (trisomy 21). Clinical features include moderate to severe mental retardation, slanting eyes, a broad short skull, broad hands and short fingers. Other congenital abnormalities include heart defects, oesophageal atresia and an increased incidence of acute lymphocytic leukaemia. Trisomy 21 can be detected in the first few months of pregnancy by amniocentesis. Risk factors include prior child with Down's syndrome and mothers who become pregnant after age 40. This disorder was formerly known as mongolism. Incidence: 1 in 1000 births. (09 Oct 1997)

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Literary usage of Mongolism

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1. The Ductless Glandular Diseases by Wilhelm Falta (1916)
"V. mongolism (Mongoloid Idiocy) mongolism was first recognized as a disease sui ... Six and one-half-year old girl (mongolism) with three-year-old healthy ..."

2. The Japanese Nation in Evolution: Steps in the Progress of a Great People by William Elliot Griffis (1907)
"... CHAPTER XV JAPAN REJECTS mongolism BRIEF was the rule of the Taira, and almost as short was the dominion of the Minamoto — both of them based on the ..."

3. Diseases of the nervous system by Smith Ely Jelliffe, William Alanson White (1917)
"Treatment.—This has been taken up in Chapter IV on Diseases of the Internal Secretions, or Endocrinopathies. mongolism. ..."

4. Mental Deficiency (amentia) by Alfred Frank Tredgold (1922)
"The three anomalies most constantly present in mongolism, and whose combination may be said to be characteristic of this condition, are of the skull, ..."

5. Guide to the diseases of infancy by Walther Birk (1916)
"More frequent than myxedema is the condition of mongolism. In this form of mal-development, also, there are visible changes of the external habits. ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"In 1867 Lang- don Down described the same syndrome as "mongolism" because of a supposed facial resemblance of the affected individuals to persons of the ..."

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