amentia

Definitions


[əˈmɛnʃ(ɪ)ə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- intellectual disability, dementia, or serious mental illness


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin, literally ‘madness’, from amens, ament- ‘mad’, from a- ‘without’ + mens ‘the mind’




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