Meaning of AMENTIA
Pronunciation: | | ey'menshu
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| Definition: | |
[n] extreme mental retardation |
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AMENTIA is a 7 letter word that starts with A. |
| Synonyms: | | idiocy |
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| See Also: | | backwardness, mental retardation, retardation, slowness, subnormality | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \A*men"ti*a\, n. [L.] (Med.)
Imbecility; total want of understanding.
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| Related Terms: | | arrested development, backwardness, blithering idiocy, cretinism, half-wittedness, idiocy, idiotism, imbecility, infantilism, insanity, mental defectiveness, mental deficiency, mental handicap, mental retardation, mongolianism, mongolism, mongoloid idiocy, moronism, moronity, profound idiocy, retardation, retardment, simplemindedness, simpleness, simple-wittedness, simplicity, subnormality |
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