psychomotor retardation

retardation /re·tar·da·tion/ (re″tahr-da´shun) delay; hindrance; delayed development.

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fetal growth retardation , intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) birth weight below the tenth percentile for gestational age for infants born in a given population, defined as symmetric (both weight and length below normal) or asymmetric (weight below normal, length normal).

mental retardation  a mental disorder characterized by significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning associated with impairment in adaptive behavior and manifested in the developmental period; classified according to IQ as mild (50–70), moderate (35–50), severe (20–35), and profound (less than 20).

psychomotor retardation  generalized slowing of mental and physical activity.

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Psychomotor retardation

Slowed mental and physical processes characteristic of a bipolar depressive episode.

Mentioned in: Bipolar Disorder

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psychomotor retardation,

a generalized slowing of motor activity related to a state of severe depression or dementia.

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retardation [re″tahr-da´shun]

delay; hindrance; delayed development.

mental retardation subnormal general intellectual development, associated with impairment of either learning and social adjustment, maturation, or both; see also mental retardation.

psychomotor retardation a generalized slowing of physical and emotional reaction, such as that seen in major depression and in catatonic schizophrenia.

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psychomotor retardation

Psychiatry A generalized slowing of physical reactions–eg, eye-blinking, common in depression