mental defect
1mental defect — n: an abnormal mental condition (as mental retardation) that may be of a more fixed nature than a mental disease Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
2mental defect — mental deficiency, mental handicap …
3mental defect — A defect in the mind of a person. For the purposes of the Durham or product test of criminal responsibility, a condition which is not considered capable of either improving or deteriorating, and which may be either congenital, the result of… …
4defect — de·fect / dē ˌfekt, di fekt/ n: something or a lack of something that results in incompleteness, inadequacy, or imperfection: as a: a flaw in something (as a product) esp. that creates an unreasonable risk of harm in its normal use see also… …
5mental aberration — mental defect, mental retardation, flaw of intelligence …
6mental deficiency — mental defect, mental retardation, flaw of intelligence …
7Mental Pathology — Mental Pathology † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Mental Pathology This subject will be considered under the following headings: I. Localization of Mental Faculties II. Causes of Mental Disturbances III. Varieties of Insanity… …
8mental 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.,… …
9defect — I n. 1) to correct a defect 2) a glaring defect 3) a birth, congenital; hearing; mechanical; mental; physical; speech; structural defect 4) a defect in (there was a defect in the transmission) II v. ( to desert ) 1) (D; intr.) to defect from (to… …
10mental retardation — noun lack of normal development of intellectual capacities • Syn: ↑retardation, ↑backwardness, ↑slowness, ↑subnormality • Derivationally related forms: ↑subnormal (for: ↑subnormality), ↑ …
