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mentally handicapped

 adjective
     
Related topics: Illness and Disability, Psychology, Psychiatry
mentally handicapped old-fashioned
MIMP a mentally handicapped person has a problem with their brain, often from the time they are born, that affects their ability to think or control their body movements
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