amentia
noun/eɪˈmɛnʃə/ · /əˈmɛnʃə/
Etymology From Latin āmentia (“madness; senselessness”), from āmēns (“mad, insane; foolish”), from ab (“from, away from”) + mēns (“mind”).
1
Mental impairment; state of being mentally handicapped.
- Cretinism is a form of amentia, which is endemic in certain districts, especially in some of the valleys of Switzerland, Savoy, and France.1922, W. G. Aitchison Robertson, Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, 9th edition: