intellectual disability

[ in-tl-ek-choo-uhl dis-uh-bil-i-tee ]
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noun
  1. a developmental disorder characterized in varying degrees by significant limitations on intellectual abilities, such as learning, problem solving, and reasoning, and on adaptive abilities such as social and practical skills: the diagnostic term intellectual disability replaced the older designation mental retardation in the 2010s.Abbreviation: ID

Origin of intellectual disability

1
First recorded in 1805–10

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