debilitāte

From debils (“mentally retarded”) +‎ -itāte. Probably not formed in Latvian, but borrowed and adapted from some other European language.

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debilitāte f (5th declension)

1. (mental) debility, mental retardation

   debilitāte izpaužas nelielā intelekutālā aprobežotībā ― mental retardation expresses itself as (lit. in) slight intellectual limitations

   vispār idiotija, debilitāte un imbecilitāte ir gan medicīniskie termini: tās ir oligofrēnijas dažādas formas ― in general, idiocy, (mental) debility and imbecility are medical terms: they are various forms of oligophrenia

• imbecilitāte
• idiotija