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DictionarySeeretardationpsychomotor retardation
retardation [re″tahr-da´shun] delay; hindrance; delayed development.mental retardation subnormal general intellectual development, associated with impairment of either learning and social adjustment, maturation, or both; see also mental retardation.psychomotor retardation a generalized slowing of physical and emotional reaction, such as that seen in major depression and in catatonic schizophrenia.psy·cho·mo·tor re·tar·da·tionslowed psychic activity or motor activity, or both.psychomotor retardation Psychiatry A generalized slowing of physical reactions–eg, eye-blinking, common in depressionPsychomotor retardationSlowed mental and physical processes characteristic of a bipolar depressive episode.Mentioned in: Bipolar Disorder |