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mongolism

mongolism noun: down syndrome.

Noun

mongolism (countable and uncountable, plural mongolisms)

  1. (offensive) Down syndrome.

mongolism meaning in Tamil

mongolism in Tamil

மங்கோலியம், மங்கோலியர் ஒத்தமுகஉரு

Forms of mongolism

pluralmongolisms

Origin of mongolism

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

Questions about mongolism

What does mongolism mean?
Mongolism means down syndrome.
What is mongolism in Tamil?
Mongolism in Tamil is மங்கோலியம், மங்கோலியர் ஒத்தமுகஉரு. See Mongolism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mongolism?
Mongolism is a noun.
What is the plural of mongolism?
The plural of mongolism is mongolisms.

Words near mongolism in the dictionary

  1. Mongolicist
  2. Mongolicists
  3. Mongolioid
  4. Mongolioids
  5. Mongolish
  6. mongolism
  7. mongolisms
  8. Mongolist
  9. Mongolistics
  10. Mongolists
  11. mongolite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mongolism (page history and authors); mongolism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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