Definition of mental

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men·tal¹    (mntl) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:

1. Of or relating to the mind; intellectual: mental powers.
2. Executed or performed by the mind; existing in the mind: mental images of happy times.
3. Of, relating to, or affected by a disorder of the mind.
4. Intended for treatment of people affected with disorders of the mind.
5. Of or relating to telepathy or mind reading.
6. Slang
   1. Emotionally upset; crazed: got mental when he saw the dent in his new car.
   2. Offensive Slang Mentally or psychologically disturbed.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin mentlis, from Latin mns, ment-, mind; see men-¹ in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
mental·ly(Adverb)