mental handicap


noun
  1. a general or specific intellectual disability, resulting directly or indirectly from injury to the brain or from abnormal neurological development

usage For mental handicap

Nowadays both mental handicap and mentally handicapped are considered to have inappropriate and negative connotations. The phrases learning difficulties and a person with learning difficulties are used instead

Derived forms of mental handicap

  • mentally handicapped, adjective

Words Nearby mental handicap

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