trisomy 21
noun[U]
medicalspecialized(alsoTrisomy 21)uk/ˌtrɪ.sə.mi twen.tiˈwʌn/us/ˌtraɪ.soʊ.mi twen.t̬iˈwʌn/the mostcommonformofDown'ssyndrome(= ageneticconditionassociatedwithlearningdifficultiesin which apersonisbornwith anextrachromosome)that iscausedby there being anextracopyofchromosomenumber21 in the body'scells:
Their firstchildhas trisomy 21 and theywanttoknowtheriskof having anotherchildwith Down'ssyndrome.他们的第一个孩子有21三体,因此他们想知道第二个孩子得唐氏综合征的风险有多少。
Pregnant women can havetheirbloodtestedfor Trisomy 21, achromosomalabnormality.
- In the pastyearI haveidentifiedtwocasesof trisomy 21 inourscreeningdistrict.
- Theproportionofcasesof trisomy 21diagnosedcytogenetically beforebirthrose.
Genetics
- adenine
- allele
- anaphase
- biohacker
- biohacking
- biotech
- gene amplification
- genotype
- heterozygote
- homologous
- homologue
- homozygote
- hybridization
- paternal
- ribosome
- rRNA
- segregate
- segregation
- sequence
- transgenic