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What does the word mental mean?

Belonging or relating to the mind. In Anatomy, Mental, signifies that which relates to the chin; from mentum, 'the chin.'
From Inferior Dental. To chin.
[ Latin] Of, pertaining to, or arising from the mind.
[ Latin] Of, pertaining to, or near the chin; as M. process and M. foramen of the lower jaw, M. nerve, M. muscle( Mentalis= levator labii inferioris).
1. Relating to the mind 2. Relating to the chin, genial.
Pertaining to the mind. Relating to the chin.

Usage examples for mental

" The mental state is equally peculiar. – Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson
Diana's face was beginning to show signs of the mental struggle through which she was passing. – The Splendid Folly by Margaret Pedler

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