境きょう界かい知ち能のう

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Meanings

1

noun

borderline intellectual functioning

psychiatry

Clinical term used in psychiatry and psychology to describe intellectual ability that is below average but not meeting the criteria for intellectual disability. Often abbreviated as BIF.

境きょう界かい知ち能のうの子こどもは、通つう

常じょう

学がっ

級きゅう

で

学がく

習しゅう

面めん

や

対たい

人じん

面めん

で

困こん

難なん

を

抱かか

える

こと

が

ある

。

Children with borderline intellectual functioning may face academic and interpersonal difficulties in regular classrooms.

境きょう界かい知ち能のうは、知ち能のう指し数すうが70から84程てい度どの範はん囲いを指さすことが多おおい。

Borderline intellectual functioning often refers to an IQ range of about 70 to 84.

Kanji

境boundary, border, region
界world, boundary
知know, wisdom
能ability, talent, skill

Related words

知ち的てき障しょう害がい
知的障害 (intellectual disability) is a more severe condition with significant limitations in intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior, typically diagnosed with an IQ below 70, whereas 境界知能 is a borderline range.
発はっ達たつ障しょう害がい
発達障害 (developmental disorder) includes conditions like autism and ADHD, which are distinct from intellectual functioning levels, though they can co-occur with 境界知能.

Built from

境きょう界かい+知ち能のう

Etymology

Compound of 境界 (borderline) and 知能 (intelligence, intellectual functioning). The term is a direct translation of the English clinical term 'borderline intellectual functioning'.