retardation

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[ UK /ɹɪtɑːdˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ɹitɑɹˈdeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
  2. any agent that retards or delays or hinders
    flame-retardant
  3. the extent to which something is delayed or held back
  4. a decrease in rate of change
    the deceleration of the arms race
  5. the act of slowing down or falling behind
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How To Use retardation In A Sentence

  • Studies of family, twin and Foster child reveal that genetic factors play an important role in the etiological complex of mental retardation.
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  • In 1955 he also isolated the virus which causes cytomegalic inclusion disease in infants and, after working for five years on these diseases, he was able to show that the human foetus, while it is in the uterus, is particularly susceptible to attack by these viruses and that, if the foetus survives attack by them, the infant is often born with severe damage to its brain which causes mental retardation and cerebral palsy. Thomas H. Weller - Biography
  • For most, the worst symptom is a cold sore, but in some individuals, the virus causes inflammation of the brain that can lead to mental retardation, epilepsy, or death.
  • Animals receiving heavy doses of alcohol showed retardation of hepatic repair.
  • Excerpt: The term mental retardation was supposed to be an improvement. Archive 2007-01-01
  • In another essay, he presents the character as a symbol of the mental retardation of our society.
  • Accurate dating of pregnancy is important for other reasons, such as prenatal diagnosis and early identification of intrauterine growth retardation.
  • But by virtue of the last principle -- the retardation or acceleration of time -- we have the proceleusmatic foot ****, and the 'dispondaeus' -- Literary Remains, Volume 2
  • Severe iron deficiency can cause developmental delay and growth retardation.
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