impairment
[im-pair-muh nt]
- the state of being diminished, weakened, or damaged, especially mentally or physically: cognitive impairment in older adults.
Origin of impairment
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Contemporary Examples
A more precise association of THC levels and degrees of impairment are not yet available.
Yet in this case, the degree of impairment seems to have been similar on both sides.
In general, the disabled folks are vulnerable to exploitation, in part because of the nature of their impairment.
As a group, no overall statistically significant improvement or impairment was seen as a result of taking Adderall.
But without any evidence of impairment, the FHP had no choice but to give Woods a routine traffic citation.
Historical Examples
In every instance there is an impairment of natural nervous force.
The Action of Medicines in the SystemFrederick William Headland
He cannot, however, advance any other cause of this impairment than abnormal heat.
Pain or impairment of function indicate removal after convalescence.
Gunshot RoentgenogramsClyde S. Ford
By nature, women should be more subject to impairment of voice than men.
The VoiceFrank E. Miller
The impairment does not, however, amount to absolute blindness.
Word Origin and History for impairment
n.
mid-14c., emparement, from Old French empeirement, from empeirier (see impair). Re-Latinized spelling is from 1610s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
impairment
(ĭm-pâr′mənt)
- Weakening, damage, or deterioration, especially as a result of injury or disease.
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