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

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Derived forms of mental impairment

mentally impaired, adjective

Words nearby mental impairment

mental home, mental hospital, mental hygiene, mental illness, mental image, mental impairment, mental lexicon, mental nerve, mental point, mental reservation, mental retardation
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