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Definition of Disfunction
1. Noun. (medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group. "Sexual relationship dysfunction"
Category relationships: Medical Specialty, Medicine
Specialized synonyms: Ed, Erectile Dysfunction, Male Erecticle Dysfunction, Palsy, Paralysis
Generic synonyms: Pathology
Derivative terms: Dysfunctional
Definition of Disfunction
1. Noun. (misspelling of dysfunction) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disfunction
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disfunction
Literary usage of Disfunction
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1919)
"Tests for endocrin disfunction: A common but not invariable feature of certain
endocrin ... In endocrin disfunction the intramuscular injection of 1 mg. of ..."
2. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1922)
"As we know, myxedema, or hypothyroidism, is a condition arising from disfunction
of the thyroid gland and manifesting itself by change hi weight, ..."
3. Publication of the American Sociological Society by American Sociological Association (1917)
"The sex glands, together with the thyroid, seem to disfunction in schizophrenia.
Involution melancholia may be due in part to gonadal insufficiency. ..."
4. The Vitamins by Henry Clapp Sherman, Sybil Laura Smith (1922)
"Studies on the oestrous cycles of such rats show that they may suffer from an
invariable and continuous abnormality or disfunction of the ovaries. ..."
5. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"Clinical motor disfunction, posterior paresis, posterior paralysis and atrophy,
and degeneration of skeletal muscles of the hind quarters have been ..."
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