DISABLED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disabled mean? 

• DISABLED (noun)
  The noun DISABLED has 1 sense:

1. people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped

  Familiarity information: DISABLED used as a noun is very rare.

• DISABLED (adjective)
  The adjective DISABLED has 1 sense:

1. having restricted mental or physical functioning as a consequence of injury or illness

  Familiarity information: DISABLED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISABLED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

People collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

disabled; handicapped

Context example:

technology to help the elderly and the disabled

Hypernyms ("disabled" is a kind of...):

people ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disabled"):

the halt ((archaic) lame persons collectively)

Derivation:

disabled (having restricted mental or physical functioning as a consequence of injury or illness)

• DISABLED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having restricted mental or physical functioning as a consequence of injury or illness

Synonyms:

disabled; handicapped

Similar:

unfit (not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition)

Derivation:

disability (the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness)

disabled (people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped)

 Context examples 

Any device or technology that helps a disabled person.

(Assistive technology, NCI Dictionary)

Examples include children, the elderly, or patients who have chronic illnesses or are disabled.

(Caregiver, NCI Dictionary)

This allele, which encodes disabled homolog 2 protein, plays a role in the inhibition of cell proliferation.

(DAB2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes disabled homolog 2-interacting protein, may be involved in tumor suppression.

(DAB2IP wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

People over 65 years old, younger disabled people, and dialysis patients are eligible for the program regardless of their income.

(Medicare, NCI Thesaurus)

A humanized, Fc disabled anti-human glucocorticoid-induced tumor necrosis factor receptor (GITR) monoclonal antibody (MoAb) with immunomodulating activity.

(Anti-human GITR Monoclonal Antibody TRX518, NCI Thesaurus)

Mr Elliot would do nothing, and she could do nothing herself, equally disabled from personal exertion by her state of bodily weakness, and from employing others by her want of money.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

The spacecraft zipped through this region at speeds of about 77,000 mph (124,000 kph) relative to the planet, so small particles hitting a sensitive area could potentially have disabled the spacecraft.

(Cassini Spacecraft Dives Between Saturn and Its Rings, NASA)

Nursing includes the promotion of health, prevention of illness, and the care of ill, disabled and dying people.

(Nursing, NCI Thesaurus)

Mobility aids help you walk or move from place to place if you are disabled or have an injury.

(Mobility Aids, NIH)