Mental-retardation synonyms

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amentia
Severe intellectual disability. This term belongs to a classification system no longer in use.
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mental defect
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mental deficiency
The definition of a mental deficiency is something wrong or lacking in a person's brain, thought process or ability to think and learn.
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mental handicap
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subnormality
The state or condition of being subnormal.
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dementia
(Pathology) A progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgement, language and problem solving.
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brain-damage
Injuries to the nervous system
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retardation
(Music) A diminishing of tempo; a retard.
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backwardness
The state of being backward.
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slowness
(Physics) A unit, the reciprocal of velocity, that delineates the amount of time required for an object to travel a given distance.
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