In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
TRISOMY
mongolism, mongolianism, Down's syndrome, Down syndrome, trisomy
(noun) a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation
trisomy
(noun) chrosomal abnormality in which there is one more than the normal number of chromosomes in a cell
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
trisomy (countable and uncountable, plural trisomies)
(cytology) The presence of three copies, instead of the normal two, of a particular chromosome of an organism.
Coordinate terms
• disomy
• monosomy
Anagrams
• Toryism
Source: Wiktionary
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