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Noun: mental deficiency
  1. Mild mental retardation
    "The patient was diagnosed with mental deficiency and required additional support in daily activities"

Derived forms: mental deficiencies

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

Encyclopedia: Mental deficiency