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psychological rehabilitation

the development or restoration of an effective, adaptive identity in an individual with a congenital or acquired physical impairment through such approaches as individual or group therapy, counseling, ability assessment, and drug therapy. The object is to help the individual to develop or regain his or her self-image, ability to cope with emotional problems, competence, and autonomy.

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September 8th 2024

number

number

n. in linguistics, a grammatical classification of nouns, pronouns, and any words in agreement with them according to whether they are singular or plural (or in some languages, dual). In English, number is most commonly expressed by the plural noun ending -s (e.g., boy, boys) and in the inflection of the verb to agree with the number of the subject (e.g., The boy runs; The boys run).