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Mon⋅gol⋅oid

  [mong-guh-loid, mon-]
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–adjective
1. resembling the Mongols.
2. Anthropology. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of one of the traditional racial divisions of humankind, marked by yellowish complexion, prominent cheekbones, epicanthic folds about the eyes, and straight black hair, and including the Mongols, Manchus, Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, Annamese, Siamese, Burmese, Tibetans, and, to some extent, the Eskimos and the American Indians: no longer in technical use.
3. (often lowercase) Pathology. (no longer in technical use) of, affected with, or characteristic of Down syndrome.
–noun
4. Anthropology. a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Mongoloid race: no longer in technical use.
5. (usually lowercase) Pathology. (no longer in technical use) a person affected with Down syndrome.
Origin:
1865–70; Mongol + -oid
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Mon·gol·oid   (mŏng'gə-loid', mŏn'-)   
adj.  
  1. Anthropology Of or being a major human racial classification traditionally distinguished by physical characteristics such as yellowish-brown skin pigmentation, straight black hair, dark eyes with pronounced epicanthic folds, and prominent cheekbones and including peoples indigenous to central and eastern Asia. See Usage Note at race1.
  2. Characteristic of or resembling a Mongol.
  3. also mongoloid Offensive Of or relating to Down syndrome.
n.  
  1. Anthropology A member of the Mongoloid racial classification.
  2. also mongoloid Offensive A person affected with Down syndrome.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Main Entry: 1Mon·gol·oid
Pronunciation: 'mä[ng]-g&-"loid
Function: adjective
1 : of, constituting, orcharacteristic of a major racial stock native to Asia as classified according to physical features (as the presence of an epicanthic fold) that includes peoples of northern and eastern Asia,Malaysians, Eskimos, and often American Indians
2 often not capitalized : of, relating to, or affected with Down syndrome

Main Entry: 2Mongoloid
Function: noun
1 : a person of Mongoloid racial stock
2 often not capitalized : MONGOL 2
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Mongoloid Mon·gol·oid or mon·gol·oid (mŏng'gə-loid', mŏn'-)
adj.
Of or relating to Down syndrome. Not in technical use. n.
A person affected with Down syndrome. No longer in technical use. Now considered offensive.

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