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  • 111Disease — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disease >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disease disease Sgm: N 1 illness illness sickness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 ailing ailing &c.??? all the ills that flesh is heir to =>(Hamlet) Sgm: N 1 morbidity morbidity …

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  • 112СЕГЕН Эдуард — (20.1.1812, Париж, 28.10.1880), франц. врач и педагог, один из основоположников оли гофренопедагогики, автор медико пед. системы воспитания и обучения глубоко умственно отсталых детей. Первоначально занимался индивид, воспитанием слабоумных детей …

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  • 113idiot — One in the state of idiocy. See idiocy …

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  • 114Tay-Sachs disease — noun a hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism occurring most frequently in individuals of Jewish descent in eastern Europe; accumulation of lipids in nervous tissue results in death in early childhood • Syn: ↑Tay Sachs, ↑Sachs disease,… …

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  • 115-cy — suffix (see also ACY, ANCY, CRACY, ENCY, MANCY). 1 denoting state or condition (bankruptcy; idiocy). 2 denoting rank or status (captaincy). Etymology: from or after L cia, tia, Gk k(e)ia, t(e)ia * * * cy suffix of …

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  • 116id|i|ot|ism — «IHD ee uh TIHZ uhm», noun. 1. = idiocy. (Cf. ↑idiocy) 2. Obsolete. idiom …

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  • 117Cretinism — Cre tin*ism (kr[=e] t[i^]n*[i^]z m), n. [F. cr[ e]tinisme.] A condition of endemic or inherited idiocy, accompanied by physical degeneracy and deformity (usually with goiter), frequent in certain mountain valleys, esp. of the Alps. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 118Dementia — De*men ti*a, n. [L., fr. demens. See {Dement}.] Insanity; madness; esp. that form which consists in weakness or total loss of thought and reason; mental imbecility; idiocy. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 119Disabilities — disability dis a*bil i*ty, n.; pl. {Disabilities}. 1. State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like. [1913 Webster] Grossest faults, or… …

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  • 120disability — dis a*bil i*ty, n.; pl. {Disabilities}. 1. State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like. [1913 Webster] Grossest faults, or disabilities to… …

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