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dis•tract•i•bil•i•ty
(di strak′tə bil′i tē),USA pronunciation n. [Psychiatry.]
- Psychiatryinability to sustain one's attention or attentiveness, which is rapidly diverted from one topic to another: a symptom of a variety of mental disorders, as manic disorder, schizophrenia, or anxiety states.
- distract + -ibility 1900–05