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mongoloid

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈmɒŋɡəˌlɔɪd/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted dgilmnoooStarts with MEnds with D0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

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

Word origin

From Mongol + -oid.

Used in a sentence

  • On the average, he found caucasoids to have the longest heads and mongoloids the roundest; mongoloids the straightest hair and negroids the most tightly curled; caucasoids the narrowest noses and negroids the broadest.
  • As before, the genetic distance between Caucasoid and Mongoloid is the smallest and that between Negroid and Mongoloid is the largest.
  • Kirman (1953) drew attention to some physicians' reluctance to offer even ordinary and routine medical care to mongoloids, whose treatment they consider a waste of time.

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