Trisomy synonyms

trī-sō'mē, trī'sō'-

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down-syndrome (related)
A congenital disorder caused by the presence of an extra 21st chromosome. People with Down syndrome have mild to moderate mental retardation, short stature, and a flattened facial profile. The syndrome is named after its discoverer, British physician John Langdon Haydon Down (1828–1896).
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trisomies (related)
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disomy (related)
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mosaicism (related)
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monosomy (related)
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proband (related)
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retinoblastomas (related)
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uniparental (related)
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non-disjunction (related)
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  • Parental chromosome analysis should be offered where trisomy 13 is due to an unbalanced translocation.

  • Examples of such accidents are development of an extra chromosome 18 (trisomy 18) and Down syndrome.

  • Patau syndrome, also called trisomy 13, is a congenital (present at birth) disorder associated with the presence of an extra copy of chromosome 13.

  • Patau syndrome is named for Klaus Patau, who reported the syndrome and its association with trisomy in 1960.

  • A condition called trisomy occurs when three, instead of two, copies of a chromosome are present in a developing human embryo.

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