impairment
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of impairment
Example Sentences
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In collaboration with researchers at the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain, the team studied brain activity recordings from 85 people diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment.
From Science Daily
The remaining participants showed signs of early cognitive decline, including mild cognitive impairment, a condition that often precedes dementia.
From Science Daily
The guidelines further separate obesity into preclinical and clinical forms, with clinical obesity defined by obesity-related physical impairment or organ dysfunction.
From Science Daily
"Initiatives like this open doors for people with visual impairments and other disabilities to experience and pursue careers in farming - opportunities that might otherwise have been out of reach," a statement said.
From BBC
Several other doctors have since told him that gabapentin is likely the cause of his condition, including a neuropsychiatrist who diagnosed him with severe dysautonomia, or impairment of the autonomic nervous system.
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