dysfunction
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
dysfunction (countable and uncountable, plural dysfunctions)
- (chiefly medicine) A failure to function in an expected or complete manner. Usually refers to a disorder in a bodily organ (e.g. erectile dysfunction), a mental disorder, or the improper behavior of a social group.
- Antonyms: eufunction, function
- 2004, Johnny D. Hoskins, Geriatrics and Gerontology of the Dog and Cat, →ISBN, page 358:
- Cerebellar dysfunction is characterized by truncal ataxia, a broad-based stance, dysmetria in which the limbs either overstep (hypermetria) or understep (hypometria), and tremor that is most pronounced when the animal attempts a goal-orientated movement (intention tremor).
- 2005, Dwight Evans, Dennis S. Charney, Lydia Lewis, The Physician’s Guide to Depression and Bipolar Disorders, →ISBN, page 69:
- We next consider the cognification of interpersonal dysfunctions in treating clinical depression.
Derived terms
Translations
failure to function
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Verb
dysfunction (third-person singular simple present dysfunctions, present participle dysfunctioning, simple past and past participle dysfunctioned)
- (nonstandard, intransitive, chiefly biology) To fail to function correctly; to malfunction.
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