| Pronunciation: | | 'mentl
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| Matching Terms: | | mentagra, mental ability, mental abnormality, mental age, mental anguish, mental attitude, mental balance, mental block, mental capacity, mental case, mental confusion, mental defectiveness, mental deficiency, mental disease, mental disorder, mental disturbance, mental energy, mental exhaustion, mental faculty, mental foramen, mental health, mental home, mental hospital, mental hygiene, mental illness, mental image, mental imagery, mental institution, mental lexicon, mental measurement, mental note, mental object, mental picture, mental process, mental quickness, mental rejection, mental representation, mental reservation, mental retardation, mental soundness, mental state, mental strain, mental synthesis, mental telepathist, mental test, mental testing, mental unsoundness, mentalism, mentality, mentally, mentally ill, mentally retarded, mentat, mentation
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- [adj] affected by a disorder of the mind; "a mental patient"; "mental illness"
- [adj] involving the mind or an intellectual process; "mental images of happy times"; "mental calculations"; "in a terrible mental state"; "mental suffering"; "free from mental defects"
- [adj] of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw
- [adj] (biology) of or relating to the chin- or lip-like structure in insects and certain mollusks
- [adj] of or relating to the mind; "mental powers"; "mental development"; "mental hygiene"
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| | Synonyms: | | genial, intellectual, moral, noetic, psychic, psychical, psychogenic, psychological, rational, unhealthy |
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| | Antonyms: | | physical |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Men"tal\, a. [L. mentum the chin.] (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the chin; genian; as, the mental nerve;
the mental region.
\Men"tal\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or
reptile.
\Men"tal\, a. [F., fr. L. mentalis, fr. mens, mentis, the
mind; akin to E. mind. See {Mind}.]
Of or pertaining to the mind; intellectual; as, mental
faculties; mental operations, conditions, or exercise.
What a mental power This eye shoots forth! --Shak.
{Mental alienation}, insanity.
{Mental arithmetic}, the art or practice of solving
arithmetical problems by mental processes, unassisted by
written figures.
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