Definition of mental retardation Mental retardation
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What does mental retardation mean?
WordNet
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| mental retardation - lack of normal development of intellectual capacities | ||
| retardation, backwardness, slowness, subnormality | ||
| stupidity a stupid mistake | ||
| mental defectiveness, abnormality behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality | ||
| mental deficiency, moronity mild mental retardation | ||
| amentia, idiocy extreme mental retardation | ||
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- mental retardation (Noun)
A intellectual disability and developmental disability in which the person has an intelligence quotient below 70 plus difficulty in multiple areas of daily life. Evidence of this disability must have appeared before the person reached adulthood.
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mental retardation
A lack of normal development of intellectual capacities; the diagnosis demands an IQ score below 70.
