Disability and Illness

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Disability noun - The condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness.

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Illness is a synonym for disability in condition topic. In some cases you can use "Illness" instead a noun "Disability".

Nearby Words: disabled, disablement

Illness noun - An abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning.

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Disability is a synonym for illness in sickness topic. You can use "Disability" instead a noun "Illness", if it concerns topics such as disease.

Nearby Word: ill

physical	physical disability	physical illness
rare	rare disability	rare illness
specific	specific disability	specific illness
mild	mild disability	mild illness
Other adjectives: legitimate, actual, real, severe, serious, permanent, major, mental, apparent, temporary, incurable, hereditary, chronic, unspecified, magical, devastating, crippling, genetic, neurological, unnamed, degenerative.

His skills and interests simply lie elsewhere, or he may have a disability or illness of some kind which would prevent him from being active even if he preferred to be.

Source: In Touch with His Feminine Side
Has an illness or disability or deformity of some kind.

Source: Loser Protagonist
Some are even necessitated by actual disability, illness or injury, others are just mad science run amok.

Source: Literature / Whateley Universe

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