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incapacitate

(ĭn″kă-păs′ĭ-tāt)
Being made incapable of some function, act or strength. This may be purely physical or intellectual or both.
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Schizophrenia, depression share brain clue
There appears to be something related to severe, incapacitating depression -- and not to milder depression, other psychiatric disorders or being in a hospital -- that weakens the body's immune system and increases susceptibility to physical illness, according to researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City.
Severe depression depresses immunity
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