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MENTAL ABERRATION

\mˈɛntə͡l ˌabəɹˈe͡ɪʃən], \mˈɛntə‍l ˌabəɹˈe‍ɪʃən], \m_ˈɛ_n_t_əl ˌa_b_ə_ɹ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of MENTAL ABERRATION

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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mental unsoundness not sufficient to constitute insanity.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A vague term signifying strange or abnormal mental functioning; in law used loosely as synonymous with the still more vague term insanity.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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