Amentia Definition
ā-mĕnshə, -shē-ə
noun
Mental retardation.
American Heritage
A type of severe intellectual disability characterized by subnormal development of intellectual capacity.
Webster's New World
Lack of development of intellectual capacity as a result of inadequate brain tissue.
American Heritage
Severe intellectual disability. This term belongs to a classification system no longer in use.
American Heritage Medicine
Mental impairment; state of being mentally handicapped.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- simplemindedness
- retardment
- moronism
- idiotism
- half-wittedness
- idiocy
Origin of Amentia
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Latin āmentia mental derangement from āmēns āment- out of one's mind, mentally deranged ā-, ab- out of ab–1 mēns mind men-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin āmentia (“madness; senselessness”), from āmēns (“mad, insane; foolish”), from ab (“from, away from”) + mēns (“mind”).
From Wiktionary
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