Mongoloid

Mongoloid
Mongoloid Mon"go*loid, a. [Mongol + -oid.] Resembling a Mongol or the Mongols; having race characteristics, such as color, hair, and features, like those of the Mongols. --Huxley. [1913 Webster]

2. Of, related to, or affected with, {Down syndrome}; -- not a technical term. [PJC]


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