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men·tal1       [men-tl] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.of or pertaining to the mind: mental powers; mental suffering.
2.of, pertaining to, or affected by a disorder of the mind: a mental patient; mental illness.
3.providing care for persons with disordered minds, emotions, etc.: a mental hospital.
4.performed by or existing in the mind: mental arithmetic; a mental note.
5.pertaining to intellectuals or intellectual activity.
6.Informal. slightly daft; out of one's mind; crazy: He's mental.
–noun
7.Informal. a person with a psychological disorder: a fascist group made up largely of mentals.
[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME < LL mentālis, equiv. to L ment- (s. of méns) mind + -ālis -al1]
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men·tal2       [men-tl] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
of or pertaining to the chin.
[Origin: 1720–30; < L ment(um) the chin (see mentum) + -al1]
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men·tal 1       (měn'tl)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Of or relating to the mind; intellectual: mental powers.
  2. Executed or performed by the mind; existing in the mind: mental images of happy times.
  3. Of, relating to, or affected by a disorder of the mind.
  4. Intended for treatment of people affected with disorders of the mind.
  5. Of or relating to telepathy or mind reading.
  6. Slang
    1. Emotionally upset; crazed: got mental when he saw the dent in his new car.
    2. Offensive Slang Mentally or psychologically disturbed.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns, ment-, mind; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.]

men'tal·ly adv.
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men·tal 2       (měn'tl)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Of or relating to the chin.


[From Latin mentum, chin; see men-2 in Indo-European roots.]

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mental 
c.1422, from M.Fr. mental, from L.L. mentalis "of the mind," from L. mens (gen. mentis) "mind," from PIE base *men- "to think" (cf. Skt. matih "thought, mind," Goth. gamunds, O.E. gemynd "memory, remembrance," Mod.Eng. mind). Meaning "crazy, deranged" is from 1927. Mentality formed in Eng. 1691.

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mental

adjective
1. involving the mind or an intellectual process; "mental images of happy times"; "mental calculations"; "in a terrible mental state"; "mental suffering"; "free from mental defects" [ant: physical] 
2. of or relating to the mind; "mental powers"; "mental development"; "mental hygiene" 
3. of or relating to the chin- or liplike structure in insects and certain mollusks 
4. of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw [syn: genial] 
5. affected by a disorder of the mind; "a mental patient"; "mental illness" 

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mental men·tal1 (měn'tl)
adj.

  1. Of or relating to the mind; intellectual.
  2. Of, relating to, or affected by a disorder of the mind.
  3. Intended for treatment of people affected with disorders of the mind.

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mental 2
adj.
Of or relating to the chin.

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Mental

Men"tal\, a. [L. mentum the chin.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the chin; genian; as, the mental nerve; the mental region.

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Mental

Men"tal\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or reptile.

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Mental

Men"tal\, a. [F., fr. L. mentalis, fr. mens, mentis, the mind; akin to E. mind. See Mind.] Of or pertaining to the mind; intellectual; as, mental faculties; mental operations, conditions, or exercise.

What a mental power This eye shoots forth! --Shak.

Mental alienation, insanity.

Mental arithmetic, the art or practice of solving arithmetical problems by mental processes, unassisted by written figures.

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