mongolism

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: Mon=gol=ism

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mongolism, n. = DOWN'S SYNDROME.

Usage

The term Down's syndrome is now much preferred in medical circles.

Etymology

MONGOL + -ISM, because its physical characteristics were thought to be reminiscent of Mongolians

THESAURUS

mongolism

Christmas disease, Hartnup disease, Werdnig-Hoffmann disease, achromatic vision, albinism, amentia, arrested development, backwardness, blithering idiocy, color blindness, cretinism, cystic fibrosis, dichromatic vision, dysautonomia, half-wittedness, hemophilia, ichthyosis, idiocy, idiotism, imbecility, infantilism, insanity, mental defectiveness, mental deficiency, mental handicap, mental retardation, mongolianism, mongoloid idiocy, moronism, moronity, mucoviscidosis, muscular dystrophy, pancreatic fibrosis, profound idiocy, retardation, retardment, sickle-cell anemia, simple-wittedness, simplemindedness, simpleness, simplicity, subnormality, thalassemia