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Mental Retardation

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Noun

1. backwardness, mental retardation, retardation, slowness, subnormality

lack of normal development of intellectual capacities

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Mental Retardation

see synonyms of mental retardation
noun
psychiatry old-fashioned, offensive
a name formerly used for the condition of having a low intelligence quotient (below 70)
. Also (less commonly): mental deficiency

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Mental Retardation

see synonyms of mental retardation
a condition, usually present from birth, characterized by intellectual functioning that is below average: it ranges in degree from borderline (IQ of 71-84) to mild (IQ of 50-55 to approximately 70) to moderate (IQ of 35-40 to 50-55) to severe (IQ of 20-25 to 35-40) to profound (IQ of below 20-25): this technical classification has replaced the older terms moron, imbecile, and idiot

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Mental Retardation

see synonyms of mental retardation
n.
Often Offensive
Intellectual disability.

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