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visually impaired

adjective

(of a person) having reduced vision so severe as to constitute a handicap.

noun

Usually the visually impaired . visually impaired persons collectively: a training program to aid the visually impaired.

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Origin of visually impaired

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby visually impaired

visualization, visualize, visual literacy, visually, visually handicapped, visually impaired, visual magnitude, visual pigment, visual purple, visual range, visual receptor cell
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British Dictionary definitions for visually impaired

visually impaired

adjective

  1. having any defect of vision, whether disabling or not
  2. (as collective noun; preceded by the)the visually impaired See partially sighted

Derived forms of visually impaired

visual impairment, noun

undefined visually impaired

See visually handicapped
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