mental handicap

noun

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

Derived forms of mental handicap

mentally handicapped, adjective

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

Words nearby mental handicap

mental cruelty, mental deficiency, mental disease, mental disorder, mental foramen, mental handicap, mental healing, mental health, mental home, mental hospital, mental hygiene