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Down's, n.|daʊnz| Also Down. [Shortened form.] ellipt. for Down's syndrome n. Usu. attrib., as Down's child, etc.
1971Nature 19 Mar. 168/2 The elevation of leucocyte alkaline phosphatase activity in cells from Down's patients. 1977Jrnl. Med. Genetics XIV. 40/2 The age difference between a Down's case and control was usually 5 years or less. Ibid. 44/2 We are hopeful that soon it will be possible to define a woman's risk of producing a Down's child with considerably more accuracy than from an estimate based on age alone. 1980New Scientist 3 July 54/1 In 1939, when most Down's children were institutionalised, the mortality was very high at 87 per cent before the age of five. 1986Nature 3 July 20/2 At 40 years old, Mrs Yagiz daughter's risk of Downs [sic] was ≃1{pcnt}. 1987C. A. Clarke Human Genetics & Med. (ed. 3) viii. 62 Very occasionally ‘Down’ women have babies, and as might be expected, half their children are Down and half normal. |