amentia

[ ey-men-shuh, uh-men- ]

noun

, Psychiatry.

1. (no longer in technical use) intellectual disability.

amentia

/ əˈmɛnʃə /

noun

1. severe mental deficiency, usually congenital Compare dementia

Word History and Origins

Origin of amentia¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin, equivalent to āment- ( ament ² ) + -ia noun suffix ( -ia )

Word History and Origins

Origin of amentia¹

C14: from Latin: insanity, from āmēns mad, from mēns mind

Example Sentences

Nympholeptos et lymphaticos et hydrophobos vocant quos aqu� necaverunt aut amentia vel formidine exercuerunt.

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The former are labouring under dementia, not amentia.

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"Isolation Amentia," pp. 297-305. 3d rev. ed.

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A conversation with almost any rural teacher will impress upon one the fact that the teacher is loath to declare feeble-minded a child whose records give unmistakable evidence of amentia and that she generally regards the child as merely dull.

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Illegitimacy is, however, the larger problem in rural amentia.

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Related Words

• cognitive impairment
• debilitation
• impairment
• incapacitation
• intellectual disability
• limitation
• restriction