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learning disability
noun Abbr. LD A disorder in the basic cognitive and psychological processes involved in using language or performing mathematical calculations, affecting persons of normal intelligence, and not the result of emotional disturbance or impairment of sight or hearing. Also called learning disorder.
Related Forms:
- learnˈing-dis·aˌbled adjective
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