English > impairment: 5 senses > noun 3, state| Meaning | The condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness. |
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| Example | "hearing impairment" |
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| Synonyms | disability, disablement, handicap |
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| Narrower | amputation | A condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs |
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| anorgasmia | absence of an orgasm in sexual relations |
| astasia | inability to stand due to muscular incoordination |
| bow leg, bow legs, bandy legs | Outward curvature of the legs |
| bowleg, bow leg, bandyleg, bandy leg, genu varum, tibia vara | A leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee) |
| disability of walking | A disability that interferes with or prevents walking |
| disintegration | A loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system |
| dysomia | impairment of the sense of smell |
| dysphasia | An impairment of language / language (especially speech production) that is usually due to brain damage |
| hearing impairment, hearing disorder | impairment of the sense of hearing |
| hypoesthesia, hypesthesia | impairment of tactile sensitivity |
| knock-knee, genu valgum, tibia valga | An inward slant of the thigh |
| pigeon toes | disability in which the toes are turned inward |
| prolapse, prolapsus, descensus | The slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus) |
| visual impairment, visual defect, vision defect, visual disorder | impairment of the sense of sight |
| Broader | unfitness, softness | Poor physical condition |
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| Spanish | discapacidad, hándicap, incapacidad, invalidez, minusvalía, minusvalidez |
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| Catalan | discapacitat, handicap, incapacitat, minusvalidesa |
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