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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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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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mental retardation (redirected from Moderate mental retardation)

mental retardation
(redirected from Moderate mental retardation)