Index of English words, starting with "im"

(1) - Impaction (n.) An immovable packing; (Med.), a lodgment of something in a strait or passage of the body; as, impaction of the fetal head in the strait of the pelvis; impaction of food or feces in the intestines of man or beast.
(2) - Impaction (n.) The driving of one fragment of bone into another so that the fragments are not movable upon each other; as, impaction of the skull or of the hip.

(1) - Impair (n.) Diminution; injury.
(2) - Impair (a.) Not fit or appropriate.
(3) - Impair (v. t.) To grow worse; to deteriorate.
(4) - Impair (v. t.) To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character, the mind, value.

(1) - Impairer (n.) One who, or that which, impairs.

(1) - Impairment (n.) The state of being impaired; injury.