degree of impairment

collocation in English

meaningsofdegreeandimpairment

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degree
noun
uk
/dɪˈɡriː/us
/dɪˈɡriː/
(an) amount or level ...
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impairment
noun[U]
uk
/ɪmˈpeə.mənt/us
/ɪmˈper.mənt/
the act of spoiling something or making it weaker so that it is ...
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(Definition ofdegreeandimpairmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This may be connected to the child's individual characteristics, such as thedegreeofimpairment.
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The score reflects thedegreeofimpairmentfor each sentence, and a correct response is awarded 0 points.
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In general, thedegreeofimpairmentof physiologic response to exercise may be documented objectively by exercise testing.
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Their study showed that both limbs have somedegreeofimpairment; however, the impaired limb experiences significantly more functional loss.
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The children who had undergone surgery were characterized by a significantly greaterdegreeofimpairmentin their intellectual functioning.
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Hence, our prediction that patients in remission would show the leastdegreeofimpairmentrelative to healthy controls was not supported.
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If there were an innate deficit in syntactic knowledge, we would expect the children to show a consistentdegreeofimpairmentacross related indicators.
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This suggests that the difference in syntactic awareness between the poor comprehenders and the normal readers seen in this study may represent a substantialdegreeofimpairment.
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We have no knowledge of thedegreeofimpairmentat the time.
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There would be no question of interpretation or assessment of thedegreeofimpairment, so different in each individual.
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There is no indication in this clause as to whatdegreeofimpairmentwill be necessary to secure conviction.
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Views may and do differ on questions of attributability,degreeofimpairment, and whether contracted in or aggravated by military service, or neither.
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It is the statement that many people have adegreeofimpairmentat blood alcohol concentrations as low as 50 mg.
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Concurrent medical problems and lower functional expectations of elderly patients often obscure thedegreeofimpairment.
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Deafblind population estimates depend heavily on thedegreeofimpairmentused in the definition.
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Physicians assess injured individuals and thedegreeofimpairmentthey cause.
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Under the influence is not specifically defined in the statute, but is interpreted to imply somedegreeofimpairment.
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The result for the affected individual, is that they may have anydegreeofimpairment, ranging from a mild to a severe movement disorder.
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Aphasic patients exhibit impairment in gestural expression and comprehension, with thedegreeofimpairmentbeing commensurate with the degree of severity in aphasia.
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Access to episodic memory can be impeded, while thedegreeofimpairmentto short term memory, semantic memory and procedural memory is thought to vary among cases.
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