Definition of “infirmity”

Both my parents have made plans for any care they might need should infirmity strike (as have I).

Despite his hoarseness Sunday, the pope appeared in reasonably good form, given his age and infirmity due to a long battle with Parkinson's.

However, many parents `do themselves through humane frailty and infirmity sometimes fail in the performance of this duty ', he noted.

Physical or psychological infirmity may, but need not be, a barrier to a successful political career.

Then the failure can be pinned to him and to his project, not to any infirmity of the people's purpose.

Unfortunately, Withington's not the stuff that heroes are made of and seems not to have improved with age and increasing infirmity.

Vajpayee, however, can beguile one into complacency with a disarming smile, poetic eloquence and apparent physical infirmity.

`Did the post-mortem on Leonard Pearson reveal any infirmity or disability?