disablement

Other forms: disablements

Definitions of disablement

1. noun

   the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
   synonyms: disability, handicap, impairment

   types:

   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

   enteroptosis

   an abnormally downward position of the intestines in the abdominal cavity

   amaurosis

   partial or total loss of sight without pathology of the eye; caused by disease of optic nerve or retina or brain

   amblyopia

   visual impairment without apparent organic pathology

   ametropia

   (ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia

   aniseikonia

   visual defect in which the shape and size of an ocular image differ in the two eyes

   anorthopia

   distorted vision in which straight lines appear curved

   aphakia

   absence of the natural lens of the eye (usually resulting from the removal of cataracts)

   blindness, cecity, sightlessness

   the state of being blind or lacking sight

   color blindness, color vision deficiency, colour blindness, colour vision deficiency

   genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue

   diplopia, double vision

   visual impairment in which an object is seen as two objects

   glossoptosis

   abnormal downward or back placement of the tongue

   abasia

   inability to walk

   claudication, gameness, gimp, gimpiness, lameness, limping

   disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet

   deafness, hearing loss

   partial or complete loss of hearing

   conduction deafness, conductive hearing loss, middle-ear deafness

   hearing loss due to problems with the bones of the middle ear

   auditory hyperesthesia, hyperacusia, hyperacusis

   abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism; characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels

   nerve deafness, sensorineural hearing loss

   hearing loss due to failure of the auditory nerve

   anosmia

   absence of the sense of smell (as by damage to olfactory nasal tissue or the olfactory nerve or by obstruction of the nasal passages)

   hyposmia

   lessened sensitivity to odors

   day blindness, hemeralopia

   inability to see clearly in bright light

   hemianopia, hemianopsia

   blindness in one half of the visual field of one or both eyes

   quadrantanopia

   blindness in one fourth of the visual field

   metamorphopsia

   a defect of vision in which objects appear to be distorted; usually due to a defect in the retina

   moon blindness, night blindness, nyctalopia

   inability to see clearly in dim light; due to a deficiency of vitamin A or to a retinal disorder

   photoretinitis

   damage to the retina resulting from exposure of the eye to the sun without adequate protection

   detached retina, detachment of the retina, retinal detachment

   visual impairment resulting from the retina becoming separated from the choroid in the back of the eye; treated by photocoagulation

   scotoma

   an isolated area of diminished vision within the visual field

   tunnel vision

   visual impairment involving a loss of peripheral vision

   descensus uteri, metroptosis

   prolapse of the uterus

   nephroptosia, nephroptosis

   prolapse of the kidney

   ptosis

   drooping of the upper eyelid caused by muscle paralysis and weakness

   ureterocele

   prolapse of the end of the ureter into the bladder; may obstruct urine flow

   urethrocele

   prolapse of the urethra into the vagina

   xanthopsia

   visual defect in which objects appear to have a yellowish hue; sometimes occurs in cases of jaundice

   type of:

   softness, unfitness

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