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Mental retardation

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imbecile

imbecile : a mentally retarded or deficient person ;esp : a severely mentally retarded person used esp. formerly ; see also idiot … imbecile : a mentally retarded or deficient person ;esp : a severely mentally retarded person used esp. formerly ; see also idiot

Moron

A mentally retarded person whose intellectual development proceeds normally up to about the eighth year of age and is then … A mentally retarded person whose intellectual development proceeds normally up to about the eighth year of age and is then arrested

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dim witted

mentally retarded relatively slow in mental function … mentally retarded relatively slow in mental function

idiot

idiot : a person with esp. profound mental retardation NOTE: While the terms idiot imbecile, and moron survive in many state codes and statutes, they are generally … legal contexts. The modern terminology distinguishes between mild, moderate, severe, and profound levels of retardation. Historically persons with mental retardation have suffered legal disabilities (as in not being allowed to marry or vote). Generally today, an adult with

Person with disability

Person with disability, means a person suffering from any of the conditions relating to autism, cerebral palsy, mental retardation or a combination of any two or more of such conditions and includes a person suffering from severe … includes a person suffering from severe multiple disability. [National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Austin Cerebral Palsy Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999 (44 of 1999), s. 2(j)] Means a person suffering from not less than

Retarded

having a limited or below normal mental ability same as mentally retarded used especially in relation to performance in academic tasks … having a limited or below normal mental ability same as mentally retarded used especially in relation to performance in academic tasks

Idiot

Consult Archbold's Lunacy and Mental Deficiency; Mills and Poyser's Lunacy Practice. Idiot, means a person afflicted with profound mental retardation. The term has largely fallen out of use in modern legal and medical contexts, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th

mental defect

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Mental illness

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