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Definition of Amentia

1. Noun. Extreme mental retardation.

Definition of Amentia

1. n. Imbecility; total want of understanding.

Definition of Amentia

1. Noun. Mental impairment; state of being mentally handicapped. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Amentia

1. mental deficiency [n -S]

Medical Definition of Amentia

1. Imbecility; total want of understanding. Origin: L. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Amentia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1904)
"In a caso of amentia—that is, congenital absence of mind—there is defective development of the cortex cerebri; and degrees of absence of mind depend upon ..."

2. Criminology by Maurice Parmelee (1918)
"CHAPTER XII PSYCHOPATHIC CRIMINALS The borderline between amentia and normal mentality — The borderline between amentia and dementia and insanity- Demented ..."

3. The Elements of Scientific Psychology by Knight Dunlap (1922)
"amentia, or mental deficiency. In addition to the individuals who are ... amentia, therefore, may be described as congenital, whereas mental disease is ..."

4. The Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity: With References to the Scotch and by John Hutton Balfour Browne (1880)
"amentia. g 64. Kinds of amentia.—[461 amentia has been divided into two distinct kinds: Idiocy and Imbecility. The distinction between these two is far from ..."

5. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"(d: Acute Hallucinatory Confusion (amentia, Acute Confusional Insanity, ... amentia usually lasts from six to nine months, or even longer than a year. ..."

6. The American Journal of Insanity by New York (State). State Lunatic Asylum (1905)
"As synonyms of amentia (Verwirrtheit) Meynert enumerates at the head of his ... Besides his primary idiopathic amentia, Meynert recognised a limited ..."

7. Archives of Neurology by F W Mott, London County Council (1903)
"amentia with Epilepsy. amentia with Paralysis. amentia with Insanity. ... The Pathology of amentia.—Notes on the Microscopical Examination of Twelve Cases. ..."

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