单词 | oligophrenia |
释义 | > as lemmasoligophrenia oligophrenia n. Brit. /ˌɒlᵻɡə(ʊ)ˈfriːnɪə/ , /ɒˌlɪɡə(ʊ)ˈfriːnɪə/ , U.S. /ˌɑləɡoʊˈfriniə/ , /ˌoʊləɡoʊˈfriniə/ , /əˌlɪɡəˈfriniə/ [ < oligo- comb. form + ancient Greek ϕρήν mind (see phreno- comb. form) + -ia suffix1, perhaps after paraphrenia n.] Psychiatry mental deficiency or retardation; an instance of this.ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mental deficiency > [noun] feebleness1340 feeble-mindedness1619 fatuity1621 amentia1793 unnaturality1823 oligophrenia1899 moronism1913 1899 Jrnl. Mental Sci. 45 284 Oligophrenia.–Enfeeblements and diminutions of cerebral (psychical) development, with a parallel enfeeblement or diminution in the evolution of personality. 1899 Jrnl. Mental Sci. 45 289 Enfeeblements (oligophrenias, imbecilities) of cerebro-psychical development. 1932 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. 23 21 The oligophrenia, or ‘small wittedness’ as Continental writers call the condition, is due to an insufficiently developed brain. 1987 D. J. Weatherall et al. Oxf. Textbk. Med. (ed. 2) I. ix. 16/1 Apart from oligophrenia, patients with classical phenylketonuria show dilution of skin, hair, and iris pigmentation, microcephaly, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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