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mongolism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mon-golism
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Down syndrome.

Countable; Offensive; Uncountable

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

mongolisms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

mongol mongoloid mong

Synonyms

mongolianism down's syndrome down syndrome trisomy 21

Questions

What does mongolism mean?
Down syndrome.
Where does mongolism come from?
From Mongol + -ism, coined by John Langdon Down.

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