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n. - A member of a certain race adj. - Of or pertaining to or characteristic of one of the traditional racial division of humankind including especially peoples of central and eastern Asia.

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  • The mongoloid epicanthic fold
  • He used the term mongoloid derived from prevailing ethnic theory.
  • The term mongoloid was based on the supposed resemblance between their facial features and Asian ones.
  • Hey ... the accepted term to use would be "downs syndrome mug" .... mongoloid is just not cool anymore.
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