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Pos: Adjective, Noun
[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun mongoloid has 2 senses

1.  mongoloid(n = noun.person) - a member of the Mongoloid race;
is a kind of
asian, asiatic

2.  mongoloid(n = noun.person) - a person suffering from Down syndrome (no longer used technically in this sense);
is a kind of
changeling, cretin, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, moron, retard


Adjective mongoloid has 3 senses

1.  mongoloid(a = adj.pert) - characteristic of or resembling a Mongol; "the mongoloid epicanthic fold"

2.  mongoloid(a = adj.pert) - of or pertaining to or characteristic of one of the traditional racial division of humankind including especially peoples of central and eastern Asia;

3.  mongoloid(a = adj.pert) - of or relating to or suffering from Down syndrome;


[CIDE DICTIONARY]

mongoloid, a. [Mongol + -oid.].

1.  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]


mongoloid, n.

   A person affected with Down syndrome; -- not a technical term. [PJC]


[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

mongoloid, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 characteristic of the Mongolians, esp. in having a broad flat yellowish face.
2 (mongoloid) often offens. having the characteristic symptoms of Down's syndrome.
--n. a Mongoloid or mongoloid person.


[RELATED WORDS]

mongoloid race