mental
5
9.9
- adjective
- /ˈmɛn.təl/
- Specialized
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mentoniano
- 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
129
3.1
A health problem that affects how a person thinks, feels, or behaves and may need medical help
- Archaic
42
3.6
A hospital that cares for people who have serious problems with their mind
- Specialized
20
3.3
A condition that causes problems with thinking, feeling, or behaving
- Specialized
5
4.1
A serious problem that affects a person's mind and feelings and may need medical help
- Slur
4
8.9
An old offensive term for people with much lower than usual ability to learn and think
- Archaic
1
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
- Specialized
1
7.5
A condition where a person's thinking or feelings work very differently from usual and cause problems
- Archaic
1
5.3
Practices that help keep a person's mind healthy and stop problems with thinking or feelings
1
3.2
Knowledge about problems that affect a person's mind and how to get help
- Specialized
1
3.6
A set of questions or tasks that measure memory, thinking and intelligence
- Specialized
1
6.7
An idea in your mind that stands for something you remember or imagine
- Archaic
A condition of low ability to learn and think that starts in childhood
A way of joining different ideas and images in your mind into one clear picture
- Formal
A state where a person's mind is not working well and they cannot think or act normally
Negative ideas that lead people to treat those with mental health problems unfairly
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.