disability (redirected from disabilities)

dis·a·bil·i·ty  (ds-bl-t)

n. pl. dis·a·bil·i·ties

1.

a. The condition of being disabled; incapacity.

b. The period of such a condition: never received a penny during her disability.

2. A disadvantage or deficiency, especially a physical or mental impairment that interferes with or prevents normal achievement in a particular area.

3. Something that hinders or incapacitates.

4. Law A legal incapacity or disqualification.

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disability

Noun

pl -ties

1. a severe physical or mental illness that restricts the way a person lives his or her life

2. something that disables someone

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

disability - the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment" disablement, handicap, impairment bandy leg, bandyleg, bowleg, genu varum, tibia vara, bow leg - a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee) anorgasmia - absence of an orgasm in sexual relations dysphasia - an impairment of language (especially speech production) that is usually due to brain damage unfitness, softness - poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury) disability of walking - a disability that interferes with or prevents walking astasia - inability to stand due to muscular incoordination amputation - a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs hearing disorder, hearing impairment - impairment of the sense of hearing dysomia - impairment of the sense of smell vision defect, visual defect, visual disorder, visual impairment - impairment of the sense of sight descensus, prolapse, prolapsus - the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus) hypesthesia, hypoesthesia - impairment of tactile sensitivity; decrease of sensitivity genu valgum, knock-knee, tibia valga - an inward slant of the thigh pigeon toes - disability in which the toes are turned inward; often associated with knock-knee bandy legs, bow leg, bow legs - outward curvature of the legs disintegration - a loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system; "a disintegration of personality"

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disability

noun handicap, affliction, disorder, defect, impairment, disablement, infirmity

Translations

disability [dɪsəˈbɪlɪtɪ] n → incapacidad f

disability [dɪsəˈbɪlɪtɪ] n → invalidité f, infirmité f

disability [dɪsəˈbɪlɪtɪ] n → Behinderung f

disability [dɪsəˈbɪlɪtɪ] n → invalidità f inv;

(LAW) → incapacità f inv