Mental retardation
Mental retardation noun - Lack of normal development of intellectual capacities.
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Synonyms for Mental retardation
Mental deficiency and mental retardation are semantically related in mental handicap topic. In some cases you can use "Mental deficiency" instead a noun phrase "Mental retardation".
Mental deficiency
Mental deficiency noun - Mild mental retardation.
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Synonyms for Mental deficiency
Mental retardation and mental deficiency are semantically related in underdevelopment topic. You can use "Mental retardation" instead a noun phrase "Mental deficiency".
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- retardation and mental retardation
- retardation and mental deficiency
- dementia and mental retardation
- dementia and mental deficiency
- idiocy and mental retardation
- idiocy and mental deficiency
- abnormality and mental retardation
- abnormality and mental deficiency
- slowness and mental retardation
- slowness and mental deficiency
- amentia and mental retardation
- amentia and mental deficiency
- backwardness and mental retardation
- backwardness and mental deficiency
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