lameness
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4.7
- noun
- /ˈleɪmnəs/
:
cojera
- For eight years, Jim Stockdale began every morning by repeating to himself Epictetus's aphorism, "Lameness is an impediment to the leg and not to the will."
- signs of lameness
Examples
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Agree regarding lameness.
Blog text (28) -
BDD causes lameness, decreased milk production, weight loss, and skin lesions near the hooves of affected cattle.
Blog text (8) -
"He's sixty years old," she said, feeling the lameness.
Fiction book (2001) -
"There is no one now, I suppose, who does not recognize that this pain in the foot and lameness were gouty expressions of internal disorder."
Academic text (2001) -
He flinches at his lameness.
Fiction book (2002) -
Not the local vet, but the one who I take her to when she's got a lameness issue or something I don't want to waste time and money on using someone else.
Blog text (5) -
That had not happened, and there was never enough money; time passed, and some of her horses were taken from her by poverty, accidents, illnesses, and unaccountable and untenable lameness.
Fiction book (1997) -
Ikuyo was certainly not a very lively character, but she had a docile demeanor and managed her infirmity in such a way that, as she labored in the kitchen from morning to night, no one noticed her lameness.
Fiction book (1999) -
The horse exhibited signs of lameness after stepping on a nail in the pasture.
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Veterinarians often examine animals for lameness as it can indicate underlying health issues.
Synonyms
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9.9
A way of walking that is difficult because of a leg or foot injury
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4.4
A problem walking because of an injury to a leg or foot
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9.9
Leg pain or weakness that makes walking hard, often because blood flow is poor
Difficulty walking because a leg or foot does not work well
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lameness comes from the old word lame, which meant 'to limp' or not walk well. So lameness is the state of not being able to walk properly.