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Classification of Impairments, Disabilities and Handicaps

In·ter·na·tion·al Clas·si·fi·ca·tion of Im·pair·ments, Dis·a·bil·i·ties and Hand·i·caps (ICIDH),

(in'tĕr-na'shŭn-ăl klas'i-fi-kā'shŭn im-pār'ments dis'ă-bil'i-tēz hand'ē-kaps),
A WHO-sponsored numerical taxonomy of the impairments, disabilities and handicaps consequent upon injury and disease.
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