physical handicap

noun

1. loss of or failure to develop a specific bodily function or functions, whether of movement, sensation, coordination, or speech, but excluding mental impairments or disabilities

Other Word Forms

• physically handicapped adjective

Example Sentences

Steve Stricker has won a “comeback” award for the third time in his career — back-to-back years on the PGA Tour, and now the Ben Hogan Award from the Golf Writers Association of America for staying active in the wake of a physical handicap or serious injury.

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As Summitt testified, the rule in fact produced “a mental and physical handicap.”

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He had spent years overcoming an enormous physical handicap.

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You knew someone who wore these shoes because of a physical handicap?

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A defence ministry spokesman told AFP that the soldier had been undergoing tests at a military hospital, which classified the loss of male genitals as a mental or physical handicap.

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