"intellectual disability" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: intellectual disabilities [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} intellectual disability (plural intellectual disabilities)
  1. Any disability that affects the intellect or cognitive ability of a person. Categories (topical): Disability Synonyms: ID [initialism] Related terms: intellectually disabled
    Sense id: en-intellectual_disability-en-noun-LXDUvWq9 Disambiguation of Disability: 88 12
  2. Mental retardation, usually defined specifically as an IQ below 70 and/or severely below average ability to reason and to develop basic living skills.
    Sense id: en-intellectual_disability-en-noun-i~yJohfP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 76 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 29 71

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