oligophrenia is disease that delays an individual's mental development. From the Greek “oligos”, which means little, plus “phren”, which means mind. Oligophrenic is an adjective referring to one who suffers from oligophrenia.
Oligophrenia is a disease that can have a hereditary origin, or be acquired early and that affects the central nervous system.
Oligophrenia is a disease that consists of a mental deficiency caused by the interruption of the normal development of the system. central nervous system, during the period of gestation or even after birth, which can last up to the eighteen years of age.
Oligophrenia occurs on several levels. While the average Intelligence Quotient (IQ) of a person with intellectual normality ranges between 90 and 110, the level of a person with oligophrenia ranges between 0 and 90.
People with mild oligophrenia have a small, almost normal disability, without major learning impairments.
In moderate oligophrenics, intellectual behavior even incapacitates the individual for further learning. They are the bearers of imbecility.
Deep oligophrenics, in addition to the total learning difficulty, have other difficulties, including speech. It's the idiots, a term absolved by the culture, used as an offense.