profile
n.— «The accident displaced several vertebrae in his spine and left micro-fractures in the bones of his spine. He was not able to do everything his job required—in military parlance, he was given a profile, and had to be excused from some of his normal duties.» —“Uncle Sam wants someone else” by Shannon Sollinger Loudoun Times-Mirror (Va.) Aug. 9, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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