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Mongolism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Down syndrome. countable, offensive, uncountable
  2. 2
    a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation wordnet

Etymology

From Mongol + -ism, coined by John Langdon Down.

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