DISABLEMENT

disability, disablement, handicap, impairment

(noun) the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; “reading disability”; “hearing impairment”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

disablement (countable and uncountable, plural disablements)

(formal) The action of disabling or the state of being disabled.

Synonyms

• incapacitation

Source: Wiktionary


Dis*a"ble*ment, n.

Definition: Deprivation of ability; incapacity. Bacon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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HERMAPHRODITE

(noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made


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