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| caregiver |
a medical worker who provides care and assistance to an ill, disabled, or elderly person. [1/2 definitions] |
| cripple |
(old-fashioned, sometimes offensive) a person who is mentally or emotionally disabled or impaired. [1/4 definitions] |
| crutch |
a device used to help disabled people walk, usu. one of two supports that are held by the hands and that rest in the armpits. [1/3 definitions] |
| day care |
daytime care and supervision, in a home or day-care center, esp. for preschool children, or after-school or vacation care for older children, or supervised daytime care for elderly or disabled people. [1/2 definitions] |
| Freemason |
in the Middle Ages, a highly skilled itinerant stonemason not bound to local guilds, and hence often a member of a mutual aid society that provided for the families of dead or disabled masons. [1/2 definitions] |
| home |
an institution where orphaned or disabled people live and are provided with any necessary supervision and care. [1/16 definitions] |
| hors de combat |
(French) out of action; no longer able to fight; disabled. |
| invalid1 |
one who is ill or disabled, esp. chronically. [2/4 definitions] |
| lame |
permanently disabled, esp. in a foot or leg. [1/4 definitions] |
| mainstream |
to integrate or prepare for integration into the prevailing, dominant, or majority group, esp. the integration of disabled or otherwise disadvantaged persons into regular school classes, jobs, and the like. [1/3 definitions] |
| mainstreaming |
the placement of persons who are disabled or otherwise disadvantaged into regular school classes, jobs, and the like. |
| nondisabled |
combined form of disabled. |
| nursing home |
a residence, usu. operated as a public or commercial enterprise, that offers nursing care to the disabled, elderly, or the like. |
| put to bed |
to prepare someone, such as a child or disabled person, for rest or sleep in a bed. |
| regency |
a person or group that governs in place of a disabled or underage ruler, or the office and authority of such a person or group. [1/3 definitions] |
| regent |
one who governs in place of a disabled or underage ruler. [1/3 definitions] |
| social security |
(often cap.) in the United States, an assistance plan for the elderly, unemployed, or disabled funded by mandatory contributions from employers, employees, and the government. [1/3 definitions] |
| tow truck |
a truck equipped to tow disabled or illegally parked vehicles; wrecker. |
| winged |
wounded or disabled in the wing or arm. [1/4 definitions] |
| wrecker |
a truck equipped to tow wrecked or disabled vehicles; tow truck. [1/3 definitions] |
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