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Noun: amentia  ey'men-shu
  1. Severe intellectual disability or mental deficiency present from birth
    "The condition resulted in amentia requiring lifelong care";
    - idiocy [archaic]

Derived forms: amentias

Type of: backwardness [archaic], mental retardation [archaic], retardation [archaic], slowness, subnormality [archaic]

Encyclopedia: Amentia