mental deficiency

mental deficiency
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. . 1996.

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Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006

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  • 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 Date: 1856 mental retardation …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 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

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