| crippled | Denoting a person who, owing to a physical defect or injury, is partially or completely disabled. Origin: A.S. Creopan, to creep (05 Mar 2000) |
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| crippled strain | <microbiology> A strain of bacteria, typically highly pathogenic, that has been genetically engineered so that it cannot survive on anything but a veryspecialised medium of nutrients, this is done so that geneticists can experiment on certain pathogens without the risk that they will escape fromthe lab. (09 Oct 1997) |