mental
- adjective
- /ˈmɛn.təl/
- Specialized
- The hall's plainness serves as a kind of mental palate cleanser before you enter the galleries that lead off it.
Examples
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A passage from the sermons of Geiler von Kaisersberg explains how to make a mental image without resorting to a picture.
Academic text (2013) -
We turned down his claim on the grounds that he wasn't covered for mental illness.
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It's the abandoned mental hospital.
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The dentist examined his mental structure to assess any jaw alignment issues.
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The doctor pointed out the mental area where the chin connects to the jawbone.
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During the anatomy class, we learned about the mental foramina in the human skull.
Synonyms
The part of the lower jaw near the chin
Compounds
139
3.1
A health problem that affects how a person thinks, feels, or behaves and may need medical help
- Archaic
38
3.6
A hospital that cares for people who have serious problems with their mind
- Specialized
27
3.3
A condition that causes problems with thinking, feeling, or behaving
- Slur
10
8.9
An old offensive term for people with much lower than usual ability to learn and think
- Specialized
7
4.1
A serious problem that affects a person's mind and feelings and may need medical help
- Specialized
2
3.6
A set of questions or tasks that measure memory, thinking and intelligence
- Archaic
2
5.1
A way to show how developed someone's thinking is by giving an age from a test
- Archaic
1
6.1
A hospital for people who cannot look after themselves because of mental illness
- Archaic
1
5.3
Practices that help keep a person's mind healthy and stop problems with thinking or feelings
- Specialized
1
7.5
A condition where a person's thinking or feelings work very differently from usual and cause problems
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3.2
Knowledge about problems that affect a person's mind and how to get help
- Specialized
1
6.7
An idea in your mind that stands for something you remember or imagine
Negative ideas that lead people to treat those with mental health problems unfairly
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7.9
A way of joining different ideas and images in your mind into one clear picture
- Archaic
A condition of low ability to learn and think that starts in childhood
- Formal
A state where a person's mind is not working well and they cannot think or act normally
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mental in biology comes from a different Latin word mentum meaning 'chin'. So in anatomy the word mental refers to the chin or lower jaw.