"developmental disability" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: developmental disabilities [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} developmental disability (plural developmental disabilities)
  1. Any life-long disability attributable to mental and/or physical impairments, manifested during childhood or later in the human development age (variously given as being before age 16, 18, or 21). Categories (topical): Disability Synonyms: developmental disorder, DD Hyponyms: learning disability, intellectual disability, cognitive disability Translations (disability): 發育殘疾 /发育残疾 (fāyù cánjí) (Chinese Mandarin), 發育障礙 /发育障碍 (fāyù zhàng'ài) (Chinese Mandarin), kehitysvamma (Finnish), Entwicklungsstörung [feminine] (German), þroskahömlun [feminine] (Icelandic), 발달장애 (baldaljang'ae) (alt: 發達障碍) (Korean), расстро́йство разви́тия (rasstrójstvo razvítija) [neuter] (Russian), наруше́ние разви́тия (narušénije razvítija) [neuter] (Russian), отста́лость разви́тия (otstálostʹ razvítija) [feminine] (Russian), сметња у развоју (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-developmental_disability-en-noun-SBkOZALW Disambiguation of Disability: 76 24 Disambiguation of 'disability': 76 24
  2. (euphemistic) Mental retardation. Tags: euphemistic
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Inflected forms

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