Intellectual disability

mental retardation

Subnormal intellectual development as a result of congenital causes, brain injury, or disease and characterized by any of various cognitive deficiencies, including impaired learning, social, and vocational ability. Also called mental deficiency.

mental retardation

(Psychiatry) Psychiatry the condition of having a low intelligence quotient (below 70)

mental retardation

Below-average intellectual ability resulting from a genetic defect, brain injury, or disease, and usually present from birth or early infancy.

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Noun

mental retardation - lack of normal development of intellectual capacities

backwardness, subnormality, slowness, retardation

stupidity - a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience

mental defectiveness, abnormality - retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence

mental deficiency, moronity - mild mental retardation

amentia, idiocy - extreme mental retardation

imbecility - retardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as an idiot

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amentia
backwardness
birth defect
congenital abnormality
congenital anomaly
congenital defect
congenital disorder
cretinism
developmental disability
Down syndrome
fetal alcohol syndrome
fragile X syndrome
Gorlin syndrome
idiocy
imbecility
mental defectiveness
mental deficiency
moronity
phenylketonuria

Introduction Respiratory infections are common in young people with Down syndrome and some other forms of intellectual disability (Baird and Sadovnik 1988, Friez et al 2006), accounting for a large proportion of the early mortality seen in these groups (Chaney and Eyman 2000, Yang et al 2002).

Aerobic exercise improves lung function in children with intellectual ... by Khalili, Mohammad A.; Elkins, Mark R. / Australian Journal of Physiotherapy

Her commitment and passion to enhance the lives of people living with intellectual disability led to her founding the Special Olympics which has grown from strength to strength over the last 40 years.

Book of condolence for Eunice; TRIBUTES by The Mirror (London, England)

If we people without ID sometimes suffer when facing problems, imagine the case if it involves an intellectual disability.

Let the games begin ... and stigma attached to 'special' athletes end by Arab News (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)

integrated tactical warning

integrative bargaining