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Mental retardation term has been replaced by:

A
Mental deficiency
B
Mental lack
C
Mentally challenged
D
Intellectual disability
High-Yield Explanation
American Psychiatric Association (APA) is responsible for naming, defining, and describing mental disorders. In the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM - 5), the APA replaced "Mental retardation" with "Intellectual disability (intellectual developmental disorder)".

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