mental deficiency in English

mental defect, mental retardation, flaw of intelligence

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1. As in Alberta, the British Columbia Eugenics Board could recommend the sterilization of those it considered to be suffering from "mental disease or mental deficiency".

2. Amentia Meaning: "mental deficiency," late 14c., from Latin Amentia "madness," from amentem "mad," from a for ab "away… See definitions of Amentia.