Meanings
adjectivedefectological (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to defectology.
Nearly 3000 special educators are working in special schools; 520 of them have defectological preparation. Specialists for Uzbekistan are trained at defectological institutes in Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Sverdlowsk, and Minsk.
1987, Cecil R. Reynolds, Lester Mann, Encyclopedia of Special Education, volume 3, page 1470
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latinde-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁k-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁kyéti
- Proto-Italic*θakjō
- Proto-Italic*fakjō
- Latinfacio
- Latindēficiō
- Latindēfectus
- Englishdefect
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Englishdefectology
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishdefectological
From defectology + -ical.
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APA
defectological. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defectological
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“defectological.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defectological. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “defectological,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defectological.
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