- mental deficiency
- noun Date: 1856 mental retardation
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
mental deficiency
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mental deficiency — n: failure in intellectual development that is marked by low intelligence or mental retardation and that may result in an inability to function competently in society Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. mental deficiency … Law dictionary
mental deficiency — n MENTAL RETARDATION * * * see mental retardation * * * see under retardation … Medical dictionary
mental deficiency — n. former term for MENTAL RETARDATION * * * … Universalium
mental deficiency — n. former term for MENTAL RETARDATION … English World dictionary
mental deficiency — noun mild mental retardation • Syn: ↑moronity • Hypernyms: ↑retardation, ↑mental retardation, ↑backwardness, ↑slowness, ↑subnormality * * * noun : failure i … Useful english dictionary
mental deficiency — mental defect, mental retardation, flaw of intelligence … English contemporary dictionary
mental deficiency — Synonyms and related words: aberration, abnormality, alienation, amentia, arrested development, backwardness, blithering idiocy, brain damage, brainsickness, clouded mind, craziness, cretinism, daftness, dementedness, dementia, derangement,… … Moby Thesaurus
mental deficiency — noun dated the condition of having a mental disability … English new terms dictionary
mental deficiency — an obsolete term for mental retardation … The new mediacal dictionary
mental deficiency — men tal defi′ciency n. psi (no longer in technical use) mental retardation … From formal English to slang
