Retardation - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: retardationRetard
To keep delaying to continue to hinder to prevent from progress to render more slow in progress to impede to hinder as to retard the march of an army to retard the motion of a ship opposed to accelerate...
Retardation
The act of retarding hindrance the act of delaying as the retardation of the motion of a ship opposed to acceleration...
Retardment
The act of retarding retardation...
Mental retardation
Mental retardation, means a condition of arrested or incomplete development of mind of a person which is specially characterised by subnormality of intelligence. [Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996), s. 2 (r); see also National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Austim, umbral palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999 (44 of 1999), s. 2(g)...
Retardative
Tending or serving to retard...
Retarded
having a limited or below normal mental ability same as mentally retarded used especially in relation to performance in academic tasks...
Retarder
One who or that which retards...
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 no longer used in both medical and 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 mental retardation who is his or her own guardian does not suffer these disabilities. ...
imbecile
imbecile : a mentally retarded or deficient person ;esp : a severely mentally retarded person used esp. formerly ; see also idiot ...
Down syndrome
A congenital disorder caused by an extra chromosome 21 in some or all cells It causes a variable number and degree of abnormalities including retarded growth mental retardation a short nose prominent epicanthic folds on the eyelids a protruding lower lip and other physical features having varying degrees of deviation from the normal Called also mongolism trisomy 21 and trisomy 21 syndrome...
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