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mental illnesses

mental illnesses is the plural of mental illness.

Meaning of mental illness

Noun

mental illness (countable and uncountable, plural mental illnesses)

  1. (uncountable) The property of being mentally ill; mental disorders taken as a whole.
    • Such studies show that geniuses are not any more likely to suffer from mental illness than the rest of us.2006, R. Keith Sawyer, Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation, Oxford University Press US, →ISBN, page 87
  2. (countable) A mental disorder.
    • Epilepsy is not a mental illness. It is caused by electrical changes in the brain.2002, Vikram Patel, Where There is No Psychiatrist: A Mental Health Care Manual, RCPsych Publications, →ISBN, page 70

Questions about mental illnesses

What is mental illnesses the plural of?
Mental illnesses is the plural of mental illness.

Words near mental illnesses in the dictionary

  1. mental hospitals
  2. mental hotel
  3. mental hotels
  4. mental hygiene
  5. mental illness
  6. mental illnesses
  7. mental image
  8. mental images
  9. mental inquest warrant
  10. mental inquest warrants
  11. mental institution

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