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somatology (medicine) and challenged (iou)


somatology (medicine)


somatology


1. <study> The dictrine or the science of the General properties of material substances; somatics.

2. A treatise on the human body; anatomy.

Origin: Gr, body.


challenged (iou)



challenged adjective. euphem. (orig. US). L20.
[from CHALLENGE verb + -ED1.]
(With prefixed adverb) handicapped, esp. physically. Hence (joc.), disadvantaged or lacking in some specified regard.
P. Ormerod The mathematically-challenged reader can check this easily.
? Introduced in the 1980s (in physically challenged) as a more positive alternative to disabled or handicapped, but soon used with Other adverbs, often making fun of euphemism and political correctness generally.