Medical Dictionary

impair

vt im·pair \im-ˈpa(ə)r, -ˈpe(ə)r\

Medical Definition of IMPAIR

:  to damage or make worse by or as if by diminishing in some material respect <his health was impaired by overwork>
im·pair·ment \-ˈpa(ə)r-mənt\ noun

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