idiot /id·i·ot/ (id´e-it) obsolete, offensive name for a person with profound mental retardation.
idiot savant
idiot [id´e-ot]
idiot savant
idiot savant a mentally retarded person with a particular mental faculty developed to an unusually high degree, as for mathematics, music, etc.
idiot savant (s -vänt )n. pl. idiot savants A mentally retarded person who exhibits genius in a highly specialized area, such as mathematics. |
idiot savant
[idē·ō′ savänt′]
an individual with mental retardation who is nonetheless capable of performing certain unusual mental feats, primarily those involving music, puzzle solving, or manipulation of numbers.
Savant Syndrome
Referring to a mentally disabled person incapable of abstract reasoning, who has one remarkably overdeveloped skill—e.g., mathematical or calendar ‘calculation’, memory, mechanical ability or talent in music or the visual arts
idiot [id´e-ot]
old term for profound mental retardation, now considered offensive.
idiot savant a person who is generally mentally retarded, yet has a particular mental faculty developed to an unusually high degree, such as for mathematics or music.
idiot savant
Savant syndrome A mentally retarded person incapable of abstract reasoning, with a remarkably overdeveloped skill–eg, mathematical or calendar 'calculation', memory, mechanical ability or talent in music and the
visual arts
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