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IMPAIRED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mentally or physically unfit
Synonyms:
afflicted; impaired
Classified under:
Similar:
unfit (not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Diminished in strength, quality, or utility
Example:
impaired eyesight
Classified under:
Similar:
anosmic (having impaired sense of smell)
broken (weakened and infirm)
dickey; dicky ((British informal) faulty)
diminished; lessened; vitiated; weakened (impaired by diminution)
dysfunctional (impaired in function; especially of a bodily system or organ)
dyslectic; dyslexic (having impaired ability to comprehend written words usually associated with a neurologic disorder)
Also:
damaged (harmed or injured or spoiled)
injured (harmed)
Antonym:
unimpaired (not damaged or diminished in any respect)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb impair
Context examples:
Impaired renal function worsens prognosis regardless of stage.
(DS Stage I Plasma Cell Myeloma, NCI Thesaurus/PDQ)
Amonafide intercalates into DNA and inhibits topoisomerase II, resulting in protein-associated strand breaks and impaired DNA and RNA synthesis.
(Amonafide, NCI Thesaurus)
ErbB2, ErbB3, and ErbB4 are somewhat unique among studied receptor tyrosine kinases in that they exhibit impaired ligand-induced internalization, down-regulation, and degradation.
(ErbB3 Receptor Recycling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
An electrocardiographic finding in which impaired conduction or automaticity within the sinus node results in the failure of impulse transmission from the sinoatrial node.
(Exit Block by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Over the course of the study, 28 people with normal memory eventually developed either mild Alzheimer’s disease or impaired memory.
(Study Points to Possible Blood Test For Memory Decline, Alzheimer’s, NIH)
A disorder characterized by impaired eyelid function.
(Eyelid Function Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
This reduced blood flow can eventually lead to impaired cognition that could be reversed by changing back to a normal diet.
(Hold the salt: gut reaction may impair the brains of mice, National Institutes of Health)
After identifying PE as the lipid that impaired the immune response, the scientists began to consider its potential therapeutic value.
(Natural lipid acts as potent anti-inflammatory, National Institutes of Health)
Those persons infected have impaired vision and up to 20% are blind.
(Ocular Onchocerciasis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A storage disorder that results from impaired metabolism of nickel.
(Nickel Metabolic Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
