DISABILITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disability mean? 

• DISABILITY (noun)
  The noun DISABILITY has 1 sense:

1. the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness

  Familiarity information: DISABILITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISABILITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

disability; disablement; handicap; impairment

Context example:

hearing impairment

Hypernyms ("disability" is a kind of...):

softness; unfitness (poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disability"):

bandy leg; bandyleg; bow leg; bowleg; genu varum; tibia vara (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)

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)

Derivation:

disabled (having restricted mental or physical functioning as a consequence of injury or illness)

 Context examples 

An individual who is presently or not long ago worked or offered to assist without pay at a residential health care facility for persons with chronic illness or disability.

(Current or Recent Employee or Volunteer in Nursing Home, NCI Thesaurus)

Test names of questionnaire questions associated with the Roland Morris disability questionnaire for the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).

(CDISC Questionnaire RDQ Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

But some babies can develop lifelong disabilities.

(Cytomegalovirus Infections, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD) Adequately organize an outing with respect to transportation, keys, destination, weather, necessary money, shopping list?

(DAD - Adequately Organize an Outing with Respect to Transportation, Keys, Destination, Weather, Money, Shopping List, NCI Thesaurus)

Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD) Carry out an appropriate telephone conversation?

(DAD - Carry Out an Appropriate Telephone Conversation, NCI Thesaurus)

Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD) Attempt to telephone someone at a suitable time?

(DAD - Attempt to Telephone Someone at a Suitable Time, NCI Thesaurus)

Test codes of questionnaire questions associated with the Roland Morris disability questionnaire for the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).

(CDISC Questionnaire RDQ Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

Test names of questionnaire questions associated with the Oswestry disability index version 2.1a questionnaire for the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).

(CDISC Questionnaire ODI v2.1a Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

A tool that helps a person with a disability to do a certain task.

(Assistive device, NCI Dictionary)

For most patients, the clinical course includes a progression of neurologic disability and increased morbidity from autonomic dysfunction.

(Allgrove Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)