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MENTAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Affected by a disorder of the mind
Example:
mental illness
Classified under:
Similar:
unhealthy (not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Involving the mind or an intellectual process
Example:
free from mental defects
Classified under:
Similar:
intellectual; noetic; rational (of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind)
moral (psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect)
psychic; psychical (affecting or influenced by the human mind)
psychogenic (mental or emotional rather than physiological in origin)
psychological (mental or emotional as opposed to physical in nature)
Antonym:
physical (involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit)
Derivation:
mentality (mental ability)
mentality (a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw
Synonyms:
genial; mental
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
mentum (a projection below the mouth of certain mollusks that resembles a chin)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Of or relating to the chin- or liplike structure in insects and certain mollusks
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Pertainym:
mentum (a projection below the mouth of certain mollusks that resembles a chin)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Of or relating to the mind
Example:
mental hygiene
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
mind (that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason)
Derivation:
mentality (mental ability)
mentality (a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations)
Context examples:
I have never known my friend to be in better form, both mental and physical, than in the year ’95.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Subsequently patients develop confusion, disruption of the sleep cycle, and mental deterioration.
(African Trypanosomiasis, NCI Thesaurus)
Treatment that uses the making of art and the response to art to improve one’s physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
(Art therapy, NCI Dictionary)
Signs and symptoms include developmental delays, spasticity, ataxia, seizures and mental retardation.
(Argininemia, NCI Thesaurus)
And even walking has been shown to have "cognitive," or mental, benefits.
(Exercise May Help Seniors with Word, Memory Problems, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
These, however, are all individual factors – or personal circumstances – which can negatively affect mental health.
(Depression - men far more at risk than women in deprived areas, University of Cambridge)
It is characterized by behavioral changes, sleep disturbances, and mental developmental delays.
(Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIB, NCI Thesaurus)
I'm going very fast, and he's getting dearer every minute, added Jo to herself, then with a mental shake she entered into the business with an energy that was pleasant to behold.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Signs and symptoms include organomegaly, mental retardation, abnormal skeletal development, heart disorders, hearing loss, and central nervous system deficiencies.
(Mucopolysaccharidosis, NCI Thesaurus)
Why, the day is already commenced which is to bind us indissolubly; and when we are once united, there shall be no recurrence of these mental terrors: I guarantee that.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
