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Definitions for impairment
im·pair·ment
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word impairment.
Princeton's WordNet
damage, harm, impairmentnoun
the occurrence of a change for the worse
deterioration, impairmentnoun
a symptom of reduced quality or strength
disability, disablement, handicap, impairmentnoun
the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
"reading disability"; "hearing impairment"
impairmentnoun
damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality
stultification, constipation, impairment, deadeningnoun
the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
Wiktionary
impairmentnoun
The result of being impaired; a deterioration or weakening; a disability or handicap; an inefficient part or factor.
impairmentnoun
A downward revaluation, a write-down.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Impairmentnoun
Diminution; injury.
Etymology: from impair.
His posterity, at this distance, and after so perpetual impairment, cannot but condemn the poverty of Adam's conception, that thought to obscure himself from his Creator in the shade of the garden. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. i.
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impairment
Impairment is a state or condition in which an individual's normal mental, physical, sensory, or cognitive function is weakened, diminished, or damaged. It can be caused by various factors such as injury, disease, or aging, and often interferes with the individual's daily life activities or functional capabilities.
Webster Dictionary
Impairmentnoun
the state of being impaired; injury
Etymology: [OE. enpeirement, OF. empirement.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of impairment in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of impairment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of impairment in a Sentence
Because marijuana isn't the only drug that can cause impairment, Abbott has engineered SoToxa to detect if someone has also recently used cocaine, opiates, benzodiazepines, amphetamines, and methamphetamine, in addition to marijuana.
It makes me sick, and it sends a very wrong message about what consent really means, consent is not the absence of a' no.' And when you put drugs and alcohol in the mix, and put a person into a state of impairment and incapacitation where they're not able to respond in a normal setting, it's manipulative. It's diabolical. It's controlling. And it's typical behavior and thinking of a sociopath.
A brain MRI can tell us if certain parts of the brain are shrinking or showing signs of atrophy. We will do some blood tests to make sure we’re not missing some treatable causes of cognitive impairment like thyroid disease or vitamin B12 deficiency as well, and oftentimes, we also will do brain metabolism imaging.
We believe that even really low doses of radiation can result in impairment in hippocampus function long term, the dose that would’ve been delivered using X-rays would have been more than 10 times greater.
You don't need to be at the point of feeling drunk in order to have impairment on your ability to respond to, let's say, changes on the road or a pedestrian walks into the road or any kind of situation that you need to react to relatively quickly.
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- تلفArabic
- deterioroSpanish
- arvonalentuminen, häiriö, vika, arvonalennusFinnish
- dépréciation, handicapFrench
- हानिHindi
- pelemahanIndonesian
- indebolimentoItalian
- 機能障害Japanese
- нарушување, намалување, оштетувањеMacedonian
- handicapDutch
- PrejuízoPortuguese
- oštećenje, onesposobljenost, hendikepSerbo-Croatian
- nedskrivningSwedish
- suy nhượcVietnamese
- 减值Chinese
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