idiocy /id·i·o·cy/ (id´e-ah-se) obsolete, offensive name for profound mental retardation.
amaurotic idiocy , amaurotic familial idiocy former name for neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis.
mongolian idiocy former name for Down syndrome or the associated mental retardation; now considered offensive.
id·i·o·cy ( d  - -s)n. The state or condition of being an idiot; profound mental retardation. |
idiocy
a state of severe mental retardation, difficult to determine in an animal but typical examples are calves with hydranencephaly, yearling cattle with polioencephalomalacia.
juvenile amaurotic familial idiocy
see amaurotic familial idiocy.
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