mental impairment
noun
law (in England, according to the Mental Health Act 1983) a state of arrested or incomplete development of mind, which includes significant impairment of intelligence and social functioning and is associated with abnormally aggressive or seriously irresponsible conduct
Nearby words
mental home, mental hospital, mental hygiene, mental illness, mental image, mental impairment, mental lexicon, mental nerve, mental point, mental reservation, mental retardation
Derived Formsmentally impaired, adjective
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