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Noun

S: (n) disability, disablement, handicap, impairment (the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness) "reading disability"; "hearing impairment"

direct hyponym / full hyponym

S: (n) bowleg, bow leg, bandyleg, bandy leg, genu varum, tibia vara (a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee))
S: (n) anorgasmia (absence of an orgasm in sexual relations)
S: (n) dysphasia (an impairment of language (especially speech production) that is usually due to brain damage)
S: (n) disability of walking (a disability that interferes with or prevents walking)

S: (n) abasia (inability to walk)

S: (n) abasia trepidans (abasia due to trembling of the legs)
S: (n) atactic abasia, ataxic abasia (abasia due to ataxia of the legs)
S: (n) choreic abasia (abasia related to abnormal movements of the legs)
S: (n) paralytic abasia (abasia related to paralysis of the leg muscles)
S: (n) paroxysmal trepidant abasia (abasia related to spasticity of the legs)
S: (n) spastic abasia (abasia due to spastic contractions of the leg muscles)

S: (n) lameness, limping, gimp, gimpiness, gameness, claudication (disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet)

S: (n) intermittent claudication (lameness due to pain in leg muscles because the blood supply is inadequate; pain subsides with rest)

S: (n) astasia (inability to stand due to muscular incoordination)
S: (n) amputation (a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs)
S: (n) hearing impairment, hearing disorder (impairment of the sense of hearing)

S: (n) deafness, hearing loss (partial or complete loss of hearing)

S: (n) tone deafness, tin ear (an inability to distinguish differences in pitch)
S: (n) deaf-mutism, deaf-muteness (congenital deafness that results in inability to speak)

S: (n) conductive hearing loss, conduction deafness, middle-ear deafness (hearing loss due to problems with the bones of the middle ear)
S: (n) hyperacusis, hyperacusia, auditory hyperesthesia (abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism; characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels)
S: (n) sensorineural hearing loss, nerve deafness (hearing loss due to failure of the auditory nerve)

S: (n) dysomia (impairment of the sense of smell)

S: (n) anosmia (absence of the sense of smell (as by damage to olfactory nasal tissue or the olfactory nerve or by obstruction of the nasal passages))
S: (n) hyposmia (lessened sensitivity to odors)

S: (n) visual impairment, visual defect, vision defect, visual disorder (impairment of the sense of sight)

S: (n) amaurosis (partial or total loss of sight without pathology of the eye; caused by disease of optic nerve or retina or brain)
S: (n) amblyopia (visual impairment without apparent organic pathology)
S: (n) ametropia ((ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia)

S: (n) myopia, nearsightedness, shortsightedness ((ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred)
S: (n) astigmatism, astigmia ((ophthalmology) impaired eyesight resulting usually from irregular conformation of the cornea; common in nearsighted people)

S: (n) keratectasia (abnormal bulging of the cornea of the eye)
S: (n) keratoconus (abnormal cone-shaped protrusion of the cornea of the eye; can be treated by epikeratophakia)

S: (n) hyperopia, hypermetropia, hypermetropy, farsightedness, longsightedness (abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects)

S: (n) presbyopia, farsightedness (a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45)

S: (n) aniseikonia (visual defect in which the shape and size of an ocular image differ in the two eyes)
S: (n) anorthopia (distorted vision in which straight lines appear curved)
S: (n) aphakia (absence of the natural lens of the eye (usually resulting from the removal of cataracts))
S: (n) blindness, sightlessness, cecity (the state of being blind or lacking sight)

S: (n) legal blindness (vision that is 20/200 or worse in both eyes (20/200 vision is the ability to see at 20 feet what a normal eye can see at 200 feet))
S: (n) anopia (sightlessness (especially because of a structural defect in or the absence of an eye))
S: (n) snowblindness, snow-blindness (temporary blindness caused by exposure to sunlight reflected from snow or ice)
S: (n) eyelessness (blindness due to loss of the eyes)
S: (n) figural blindness (inability to see shapes and contours)

S: (n) color blindness, colour blindness, color vision deficiency, colour vision deficiency (genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue)

S: (n) dichromacy, dichromatism, dichromatopsia, dichromia, dichromasy (a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision))

S: (n) red-green dichromacy, red-green color blindness, red-green colour blindness (confusion of red and green)

S: (n) deuteranopia, Daltonism, green-blindness (dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red)
S: (n) protanopia, red-blindness (dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to long wavelengths of light resulting in an inability to distinguish red and purplish blue)

S: (n) yellow-blue dichromacy, yellow-blue color blindness (confusion of yellow and blue)

S: (n) tetartanopia, yellow-blindness (a form of dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to yellow light; so rare that its existence has been questioned)
S: (n) tritanopia, blue-blindness (rare form of dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to blue light resulting in an inability to distinguish blue and yellow)

S: (n) monochromacy, monochromatism, monochromatic vision, monochromia, monochromasy (complete color blindness; colors can be differentiated only on the basis of brightness)

S: (n) diplopia, double vision (visual impairment in which an object is seen as two objects) "diplopia often disappears when one eye is covered"
S: (n) hemeralopia, day blindness (inability to see clearly in bright light)
S: (n) hemianopia, hemianopsia (blindness in one half of the visual field of one or both eyes)
S: (n) quadrantanopia (blindness in one fourth of the visual field)
S: (n) metamorphopsia (a defect of vision in which objects appear to be distorted; usually due to a defect in the retina)
S: (n) nyctalopia, night blindness, moon blindness (inability to see clearly in dim light; due to a deficiency of vitamin A or to a retinal disorder)
S: (n) photoretinitis (damage to the retina resulting from exposure of the eye to the sun without adequate protection)
S: (n) retinal detachment, detachment of the retina, detached retina (visual impairment resulting from the retina becoming separated from the choroid in the back of the eye; treated by photocoagulation)
S: (n) scotoma (an isolated area of diminished vision within the visual field)

S: (n) annular scotoma (a circular scotoma surrounding the center of the field of vision)
S: (n) central scotoma (a scotoma that involves the fixation point)
S: (n) hemianopic scotoma (a scotoma involving half of the visual field)
S: (n) paracentral scotoma (a scotoma that is adjacent to the fixation point)
S: (n) scintillating scotoma, flittering scotoma (a localized area of diminished vision edged by shimmering colored lights; in many people it indicates the onset of migraine)

S: (n) tunnel vision (visual impairment involving a loss of peripheral vision)
S: (n) xanthopsia (visual defect in which objects appear to have a yellowish hue; sometimes occurs in cases of jaundice)

S: (n) prolapse, prolapsus, descensus (the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus))

S: (n) enteroptosis (an abnormally downward position of the intestines in the abdominal cavity)
S: (n) glossoptosis (abnormal downward or back placement of the tongue)
S: (n) metroptosis, descensus uteri (prolapse of the uterus)
S: (n) nephroptosis, nephroptosia (prolapse of the kidney)
S: (n) ptosis (drooping of the upper eyelid caused by muscle paralysis and weakness)

S: (n) brow ptosis (sagging eyebrows)

S: (n) ureterocele (prolapse of the end of the ureter into the bladder; may obstruct urine flow)
S: (n) urethrocele (prolapse of the urethra into the vagina)

S: (n) hypoesthesia, hypesthesia (impairment of tactile sensitivity; decrease of sensitivity)
S: (n) knock-knee, genu valgum, tibia valga (an inward slant of the thigh)
S: (n) pigeon toes (disability in which the toes are turned inward; often associated with knock-knee)
S: (n) bow leg, bow legs, bandy legs (outward curvature of the legs)
S: (n) disintegration (a loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system) "a disintegration of personality"

direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
derivationally related form

W: (adj) disabled [Related to: disability] (having restricted mental or physical functioning as a consequence of injury or illness)

W: (v) disable [Related to: disablement] (make unable to perform a certain action) "disable this command on your computer"
W: (v) disable [Related to: disablement] (injure permanently) "He was disabled in a car accident"
W: (v) handicap [Related to: handicap] (injure permanently) "He was disabled in a car accident"