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síndrome de Down

Portuguese, noun

síndrome de Down is spelled S-Í-N-D-R-O-M-E-D-E-D-O-W-N (14 letters). Síndrome de Down is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Down's syndrome / Down syndrome” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does síndrome de Down mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineDown's syndrome / Down syndrome

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. síndrome causada pela presença dum cromossomo 21 extra, parcialmente ou totalmente, também conhecida como trissomia 21, descoberta pelo médico britânico John Langdon Haydon Down (1828-1896)

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

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