“Mongoloid” is an outdated and offensive term used to describe both a so-called racial type and a person with the genetic condition Down Syndrome. As racial type, the terms emerged from 18th and 19th century studies of racial difference. The Mongoloid or Mongolian race was the umbrella term used to describe diverse indigenous peoples from East Asia, South East Asia, and the Artic region of North America. Like the other two presumed large racial groups, Caucasoid (Caucasian) and Negroid (Negro), this term is outdated and in general regarded as derogatory. The term is also used to describe people with the genetic condition Down Syndrome, due to the presumed similarity in facial features to the so-called Mongolian race. In modern day usage the term is used as a curse word to describe someone regarded as retarded.