mental deficiency
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One brother died young of kidney failure after suffering from blindness, obesity, hypogonadism and mental deficiency; the other suffered longer after kidney dialysis machines became available.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 28, 2022
But Dr. Pike doesn’t think a lack of animal imagery marks a mental deficiency in Neanderthals.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2018
Things became difficult at home and after getting into trouble with the police, she was given probation and sent to Aston Hall, a "mental deficiency hospital" treating adults and children.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2016
People who knew her said that they never noticed any signs of mental deficiency.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 27, 2016
These very different proportions indicate that as a general rule mental instability and mental deficiency are quite distinct.
From Mentally Defective Children by Alfred Binet
