able-bodied child
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GC: n

S: UNTERM – http://unterm.un.org/DGAACS/unterm.nsf/WebView/5CFF308EB09F9D8D852577060053F011?OpenDocument (last access: 6 March 2013); http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1859261 (last access: 1 September 2014).

N: Able-bodied refers to a person’s physical or mental capacity to perform a job and earn a living. It is also used to describe a person’s eligibility regarding payment of alimony and child support. To denote a person as able bodied means that s/he functions normally in society and they do not have any physical or mental disability.

S: http://definitions.uslegal.com/a/able-bodied/ (last access: 1 September 2014)

SYN: healthy child

S: NAVARRO p. 446

CR: health