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Meanings of moderate mental retardation in English

Russian
умеренная умственная отсталость
Portuguese
imbecilidade
Spanish
imbécil

Term once used in psychiatry to describe people of moderately low intelligence.

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        Examples for "imbecile"
        Examples for "imbecile"
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        Godoy reigned in Spain under the name of the imbecile Charles IV.
        Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 10
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        At the end of it is the imbecile death of the nation.
        Fruitfulness
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        It is only the imbecile who does not succeed in doing so.
        The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories
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        The imbecile baron then got out; his shoulder was out of joint.
        My Double Life: The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt
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        The mother almost became an imbecile after the birth of the monster.
        Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
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        Men are thus nurtured in imbecility, from the dawn of social life.
        Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Fr...
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        If Nietzsche had not ended in imbecility, Nietzscheism would end in imbecility.
        Orthodoxy
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        There is so much imbecility in the air that one gets ferocious.
        The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
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        The imbecility of the King was little capable of repairing this misfortune.
        The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 / (From Charlem...
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        Thus was the pretension of State Rights made the apology for imbecility.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 / A Magaz...
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        The patient shows severe mental retardation, congenital heart malformations, nephropathy, and other congenital anomalies.
        Pubmed
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        These disorders range from mild Asperger's Syndrome to severe mental retardation and social disability.
        Reuters
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        Mutant mice have impaired spatial memory, and σ1B-deficient humans have a severe mental retardation.
        Pubmed
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        The characteristic phenotype of AS is severe mental retardation, ataxic gait, tremulousness, and jerky movements.
        Pubmed
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        Lissencephaly is a human brain malformation manifested by a smooth cerebral surface and severe mental retardation.
        Pubmed
        Usage of moderate mental retardation in English
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        Clinical manifestations included moderate mental retardation, destructive behavior, and minor physical anomalies.
        Pubmed
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        Results: The clinical picture was characterized by bilateral congenital cataract, developmental delay, and slowly progressive neurological impairment with spasticity, cerebellar ataxia, and mild-to- moderate mental retardation.
        Pubmed
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        Macrocytic anemia was present in 8 cases and sub-clinical hypothyroidism in 5 cases, and mild to moderate mental retardation in 4 cases.
        Pubmed
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        Well, in Fragile X, the consequence is-orwas, before we learned to repair it- moderatemental retardation.
        Echoes Of Honor