disability

/ˌdɪs.əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/

/-ə.t̬i/

Definition

B2 an illness, injury, or condition that makes it difficult for someone to do the things that other people do: a physical/learning disability She is deaf, but refuses to let her disability prevent her from doing what she wants to do. Trying to change attitudes to disability is an uphill struggle. → Compare inabilityHandicap and the disabled

(Definition of disability noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)