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Need advice on what is the the difference between down syndrome & mongloid?
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Old fashioned term: Mongoloid (or mongolism) is an old fashioned term for down syndrome. It is not used by doctors or lay people anymore.
Answered 8/24/2013
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Old world term: Quite a while back & before the chromosome defect was found in '60's, the the facial structure of Down syndrome kids/adults, reminded folks of the features of mongolian race. Original scientific publications uses that terminology. It was well into the '70's before the descriptions began to change & the public began to use more modern descriptors.
Answered 2/18/2015
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