dysfunction
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Alternative forms
- disfunction (rare)
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
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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