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GAMENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
Synonyms:
claudication; gameness; gimp; gimpiness; lameness; limping
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("gameness" is a kind of...):
disability of walking (a disability that interferes with or prevents walking)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gameness"):
intermittent claudication (lameness due to pain in leg muscles because the blood supply is inadequate; pain subsides with rest)
Derivation:
game (disabled in the feet or legs)
