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COMPOS MENTIS

\kəmpˈə͡ʊz mˈɛntiz], \kəmpˈə‍ʊz mˈɛntiz], \k_ə_m_p_ˈəʊ_z m_ˈɛ_n_t_i_z]\

Definitions of COMPOS MENTIS

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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kom'pos ment'is, adj. phrase, in one's right mind--sometimes merely COMPOS. [L.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Of sound mind.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

[L.] In full possession of mental powers.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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