Usually means: Intellectual disability affecting cognitive function.
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  1. mentally retarded: Merriam-Webster
  2. mentally retarded: Vocabulary.com
  3. mentally retarded: Wiktionary
  4. mentally retarded: Dictionary.com
  5. Mentally retarded: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. mentally retarded: Rhymezone
  7. mentally retarded: FreeDictionary.org
  8. mentally retarded: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. mentally retarded: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. mentally retarded: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. mentally retarded: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. mentally retarded: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (mentally retarded)

adjective:  (now offensive) intellectually disabled, medically defined as having an IQ (intelligence quotient) below 70 in addition to deficits in two or more adaptive behaviors (which means having problems with basic functional skills that affect everyday, general living).

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