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UK
/mˈɛntəl/
]
[ US /ˈmɛntəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈmɛntəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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affected by a disorder of the mind
a mental patient
mental illness - of or relating to the chin- or liplike structure in insects and certain mollusks
- of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw
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of or relating to the mind
mental hygiene
mental development
mental powers -
involving the mind or an intellectual process
mental suffering
in a terrible mental state
mental calculations
mental images of happy times
free from mental defects
How To Use mental In A Sentence
- According to police and prosecutors, the two got into a fight after she told him he should be committed to a mental hospital.
- In a field where biological material is limited, experimental cytogenetic techniques often require only a few cells.
- While the site focuses mainly on their environmental concerns, they're also up in arms about the Bush administration's general abuse and disregard for science - including the idea that abstinence is some kind of cureall. News from the House of Sticks -
- I've never really got into them that much, so I let other people go mental and bought a couple of beers.
- The affair isn't the thing that makes me believe he needs to be removed from office – it's the monumental lack of judgment he displayed in abandoning his states and his duties as governor. Sanford should stay, two top South Carolina papers say
- Plans for the dam have been vetoed by the Environmental Protection Agency.
- Moreover, don't these choices facilitate a feminist reading of the text, deconstructing sentimentality to expose masculine failings and feminine rebellion?
- Homeobox genes encode transcription factors involved in many aspects of developmental processes.
- Genetic factors, scientists believe, account for 70% of cocaine addiction, making it as heritable as schizophrenia and other mental health conditions.
- There have been monumental social and demographic changes in the country.