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dis·tract·i·bil·i·ty | \ dis-ˌtrak-tə-ˈbil-ət-ē 
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\ plural distractibilities
Medical Definition of distractibility
: a condition in which the attention of the mind is easily distracted by small and irrelevant stimuli
Other Words from distractibility
distractible \ -ˈtrak-tə-bəl \ adjective
\ adjectiveComments on distractibility
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