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Meanings of mental defectiveness in English

Portuguese
anormalidade
Catalan
deficiència mental
Spanish
retraso

Retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence.

        anormalidade
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        Examples for "abnormality"
        Examples for "abnormality"
        1
        The problem was first diagnosed two years ago as a mild abnormality.
        The Irish Times
        2
        The basic abnormality appears to result from overproduction of structurally normal enzyme.
        Pubmed
        3
        Conclusion: People with NF1 often have a generalised abnormality of bone metabolism.
        Pubmed
        4
        A heatwave is seen, in meteorology, as an abnormality in hot conditions.
        The South African
        5
        The corresponding formal echo reports were then queried for any significant abnormality.
        Pubmed
        Usage of mental defectiveness in English
        1
        This is a symptom of mental defectiveness, probably induced by camp life.
        Hero: the life and legend of lawrence of arabia
        2
        This is highly important in the diagnosis of the upper range of mental defectiveness.
        The Measurement of Intelligence / An Explanation of and a Comple...
        3
        The statistics of social pathology all point to mental defectiveness as the prolific cause of crime, immorality, vocational incompetency, illegitimacy, family failure, and marital tragedy.
        The Family and its Members
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        Translations for mental defectiveness
        Portuguese
        anormalidade
        Spanish
        retraso