amentia
/eɪˈmɛnʃə
/ /əˈmɛnʃə/noun [mass noun] Medicine, dated
Severe congenital mental disability.She herself has been suffering from uremia inherited from her mother and is also registered as suffering from ‘slight amentia’ (mental deficiency) in her own disability certificate....
- There are probably other types of amentia in which a rare recessive gene is the chief determinant.
- Moreover the anxiety about gestation increased and she developed amentia at last.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Latin, literally 'madness', from amens, ament- 'mad', from a- 'without' + mens 'the mind'.