defectological
adjEtymology From defectology + -ical.
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Relating to defectology.
- Nearly 3000 special educators are working in special schools; 520 of them have defectological preparation. Specialists for Uzbekistan are trained at defectological institutes in Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Sverdlowsk, and Minsk.1987, Cecil R. Reynolds, Lester Mann, Encyclopedia of Special Education, volume 3, page 1470: