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This is the collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwW_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysiologicalConditionType</a>s which are defined in terms of an inability to perform a normal function. For instance, there are many causes of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6s3fJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Deafness</a>, including several diseases, so <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6s3fJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Deafness</a> itself is not an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwYVpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AilmentCondition</a>, but a condition of impaired hearing that may result from an ailment. disability Disability http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability disabilities communication disorder CommunicationDisorder The collection of all impotence conditions. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvc0ngZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Disability</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rviTFCJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Impotence_PhysiologicalConditionType</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwW_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysiologicalConditionType</a>. Impotence-PhysiologicalConditionType Impotence The collection of all color blindness. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvc0ngZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Disability</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwUAAqZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ColorBlindness</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwW_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysiologicalConditionType</a>. ColorBlindness color blindness The collection of conditions in which one loses the ability to move, have motor control over, and/or have sensation in some part of the body. Typically one should introduce or use a specialization of this collection to specify the extent of the paralysis, i.e., the body parts affected. Paralysis-Generic paralysis Blindness Any ailment in which an animal suffers complete or near complete loss of vision. blindness LearningDisability learning disability <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvXTfjJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LearningDisability</a> is the collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQw4WZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysiologicalCondition</a>s which tend to inhibit the ability to learn. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv-HnCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Dyslexia</a> is an example. This is the collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwW_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysiologicalConditionType</a>s which are defined in terms of an inability to perform a normal function. For instance, there are many causes of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6s3fJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Deafness</a>, including several diseases, so <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6s3fJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Deafness</a> itself is not an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwYVpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AilmentCondition</a>, but a condition of impaired hearing that may result from an ailment. disability Disability A specialization of <font color="#ff0000">#$SystemCondition</font>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQw4WZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysiologicalCondition</a> involves an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjE1pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organism_Whole</a> being in some physiological state that is not typical for that organism's species, modulo considerations about the organism's sex or (in some cases) subspecies. Thus <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjGO5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Menstruating</a>, though not typical among all persons, is part of being a healthy adult female, and so is not a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQw4WZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysiologicalCondition</a> (though it is a type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjzlpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysiologicalProcess</a>); <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1W35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Pregnancy</a>, on the other hand, is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQw4WZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysiologicalCondition</a>. Note that some but not all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQw4WZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysiologicalCondition</a>s are events; but they are all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvYjIS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Situation</a>s. Thus each physiological condition has a temporal start and end, though in some cases (e.g. dwarfism) these will be the same as the start and end of the life of the organism. PhysiologicalCondition medical condition This is the collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwW_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysiologicalConditionType</a>s which are defined in terms of an inability to perform a normal function. For instance, there are many causes of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6s3fJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Deafness</a>, including several diseases, so <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6s3fJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Deafness</a> itself is not an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwYVpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AilmentCondition</a>, but a condition of impaired hearing that may result from an ailment. disability Disability This is the collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwW_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysiologicalConditionType</a>s which are defined in terms of an inability to perform a normal function. For instance, there are many causes of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6s3fJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Deafness</a>, including several diseases, so <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6s3fJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Deafness</a> itself is not an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwYVpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AilmentCondition</a>, but a condition of impaired hearing that may result from an ailment. disability Disability Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> TERM STRING) means that STRING is the English word or expression (sequence of words) commonly used to refer to TERM. The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> is used by the code which generates CycL to English paraphrases, but its applicability is not restricted to this use. prettyString This is the collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwW_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysiologicalConditionType</a>s which are defined in terms of an inability to perform a normal function. For instance, there are many causes of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6s3fJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Deafness</a>, including several diseases, so <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6s3fJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Deafness</a> itself is not an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwYVpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AilmentCondition</a>, but a condition of impaired hearing that may result from an ailment. disability Disability PhysiologicalConditionType A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwW_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysiologicalConditionType</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQw4WZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysiologicalCondition</a> (q.v.), and thus a type of physiological state into which some organisms can enter. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwW_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysiologicalConditionType</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1qGpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Cancer</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1baJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PsychologicalAilment</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwvf5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Infection</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgC7mJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Malnutrition</a>. type of ailment