v
(transitive) To make cripple; make lame.
adj
(usually offensive) Having a less than fully functional limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility.
n
The state of being a cripple.
n
(medicine) A measure of overall disease burden, expressed as the number of years lost due to ill-health, disability or early death.
v
(chiefly of a person) To impair the physical or mental abilities of; to cause a serious, permanent injury.
n
(dated, sometimes offensive) A person who is confined to home or bed because of illness, disability or injury; one who is too sick or weak to care for themselves.
n
(slang, derogatory, offensive in Britain) A person with cerebral palsy.
adj
(euphemistic) Having a mental illness.
adj
(now offensive) intellectually disabled, medically defined as having an IQ (intelligence quotient) below 70 in addition to deficits in two or more adaptive behaviors (which means having problems with basic functional skills that affect everyday, general living).
n
(medicine) A comatose patient's action of forming words with his lips without producing sound.
adj
Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease.
n
(derogatory) An autistic, or mentally and/or socially impaired person.
n
(slang, chiefly Internet slang) A person with a chronic illness or disability.
adj
Disabled or incapacitated by something.
adj
(obsolete, nonce word) Deprived of virility, or seminal energy; made a eunuch.
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