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amentia /amen·tia/ (ah-men´shah) former term for profound mental retardation.
a·men·tia (-mnsh, -mn-)
n.
Insufficient mental development or functioning.

amentia
[āmen′shə]
Etymology: Gk, a, not; L, mens, mind
2 dementia.

amentia [a-men´shah]
former term for profound mental retardation.


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