Mental Retardation

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
MR
Pronunciation
/ˈmɛntəl ritɑrˈdeɪʃən/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Physiology

Examples in Context

  1. The risk of mental retardation and disturbed behaviour.
  2. In the process of aging, creatures showed early symptoms such as memory impairment, mental retardation.
  3. Autism, Asperger ′ s Syndrome and mental retardation are all diseases caused by nervous system problem in brain.
  4. Objective to investigate the characteristics of cognitive evoked potentials in mental retardation and idiot savant.
  5. Failure to establish proper connectivity in the brain may also underlie autism spectrum disorders and mental retardation.

Other meanings of MR