Meaning | (medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group. |
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Examples | - "erectile dysfunction"
- "sexual relationship dysfunction"
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Synonym | disfunction |
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Category | medicine, medical specialty | The branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques |
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Narrower | erectile dysfunction, male erecticle dysfunction, ED | impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis |
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paralysis, palsy | Loss of the ability to move a body part |
Broader | pathology | Any deviation from a healthy or normal / normal condition |
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Spanish | disfunción |
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Catalan | disfunció |
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Adjectives | dysfunctional | impaired in function |
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