déficient mental

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• déficient — déficient, iente [ defisjɑ̃, jɑ̃t ] adj. • 1290; lat. deficiens, p. prés. de deficere « manquer » 1 ♦ Qui présente une déficience. Organisme déficient. Intelligence déficiente. ⇒ faible, insuffisant. N. Les déficients auditifs, moteurs. ⇒… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• deficient — adj Deficient, defective mean showing lack of something necessary. The words are sometimes used interchangeably though they tend to diverge in their meanings. Deficient typically implies a falling short in the amount, quantity, or force… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• mental disorder — Any illness with a psychological origin, manifested either in symptoms of emotional distress or in abnormal behaviour. Most mental disorders can be broadly classified as either psychoses or neuroses (see neurosis; psychosis). Psychoses (e.g.,… …   Universalium

• Déficient intellectuel — Retard mental Le retard mental, ou handicap mental, est une déficience, à divers degrés, de l’intellect, des facultés mentales, de la perception et du comportement. Il peut être associé à d’autres troubles physiques ou mentaux ou survenir… …   Wikipédia en Français

• deficient — I. adjective Etymology: Latin deficient , deficiens, present participle of deficere to be wanting more at defect Date: 1581 1. lacking in some necessary quality or element < deficient in judgment > 2. not up to a normal standard or complement ;… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• deficient — de·fi·cient di fish ənt adj 1) lacking in some necessary quality or element <a deficient diet> 2) not up to a normal standard or complement <deficient strength> 3) having, relating to, or characterized by a genetic deletion deficient… …   Medical dictionary

• deficient — defective, deficient Defective means ‘having a defect (= fault)’, whereas deficient means ‘having a deficiency (or lack)’. So eyesight, components, goods, logic, mechanisms, products, workmanship, etc., can all be defective if they are not… …   Modern English usage

• deficient — adj. 1 (usu. foll. by in) incomplete; not having enough of a specified quality or ingredient. 2 insufficient in quantity, force, etc. 3 (in full mentally deficient) incapable of adequate social or intellectual behaviour through imperfect mental… …   Useful english dictionary

• mental — Synonyms and related words: abnormal, abstract, affective, balmy, bananas, barmy, batty, bereft of reason, bonkers, brainsick, cerebral, certifiable, characteristic, cogitative, cognitive, concentrating, concentrative, conceptive, conceptual,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• mental defective — /mɛntl dəˈfɛktɪv/ (say mentl duh fektiv) noun 1. Psychiatry someone who is mentally deficient. 2. a very stupid person …  

• mental deficiency — /mɛntl dəˈfɪʃənsi/ (say mentl duh fishuhnsee) noun the condition of someone who is mentally deficient …