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To: mikrofon; martin_fierro

I thought mongoloid was the old term for down's syndrome affected people.


21 posted on 06/22/2004 10:33:50 AM PDT by cyborg
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To: cyborg
Yes it is (was).

from Encarta; mon·gol·oid
adjective
a former term meaning affected by Down syndrome, now considered taboo

Yeah Encarta, taboo "this"

54 posted on 06/22/2004 12:10:34 PM PDT by Condor51 (May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't. -- Gen G. Patton Jr)
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