physical handicap

British  

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

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• physically handicapped
  adjective

Example Sentences

He had spent years overcoming an enormous physical handicap.

From Washington Post • Aug. 2, 2021

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.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2020

Ms. Netrebko maintains, however, that her character’s blindness is nothing more than a physical handicap and that the only thing represented by roses is — roses.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2015

The sister in the play, Laura, has a physical handicap, a limp, which Williams substituted for the mental illness of his real sister, Rose.

From Washington Post

Besides, it was quite plain that, with unconscious cruelty, his physical handicap made him unacceptable to them.

From A Poor Wise Man by Rinehart, Mary Roberts