mongoloid

noun

a person suffering from Down syndrome (no longer used technically in this sense, now considered offensive)

a member of the Mongoloid family

adjective

(offensive) of or relating to or suffering from Down syndrome

of or pertaining to or characteristic of one of the traditional racial division of humankind including especially peoples of central and eastern Asia

characteristic of or resembling a Mongol

Roots

mongolmongol- · Mongolian · Mongol people oeides-oid · Greek · resembling

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