impairment
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of impairment
Example Sentences
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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.
Born 24 weeks premature, she has cerebral palsy, a partial visual impairment and a shunt.
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