1. A state of severe mental deficiency or profound intellectual disability, typically present from birth or early childhood.
Usage: medical/psychiatric; archaic or formal; largely replaced in modern usage by terms such as 'intellectual disability' or 'severe cognitive impairment'

Examples

• The physician documented the patient's amentia in the clinical record.
• Early intervention programs aim to support children with amentia and their families.
• Amentia was once a common diagnostic term in psychiatric literature.
• The condition of amentia requires specialized educational and medical support.