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UK
/dɪsfˈʌŋkʃən/
]
[ US /dɪsˈfəŋkʃən/ ]
[ US /dɪsˈfəŋkʃən/ ]
NOUN
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(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
erectile dysfunction
How To Use dysfunction In A Sentence
- Dysfunctional families seem to be occupying the minds of Scotland's visiting choreographers.
- The course content included identification, screening and early intervention and medical implications like epilepsy, hyperactivity and brain dysfunctions.
- You are responsible for your life. You can't keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on. Oprah Winfrey
- The research team looked in particular at a condition called diastolic dysfunction. Medlogs - Recent stories
- In patients with diastolic dysfunction, the cornerstones of treatment depend on the underlying cause.
- Government stonewalling and a dysfunctional justice system also jeopardized the case.
- Without that, the mechanism of justice delivery would become dysfunctional.
- That is what is really meant by the term "dysfunctional family" -- a family with no function. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
- Diagnosis of left - ventricular non - compaction in patients with left - ventricular systolic dysfunction a reappraisal of diagnostic criteria?
- Rather than an alphabetical sequence of topics, for each country the contents are organized into chapters that address 13 basic issues, ranging from basic sexological perspectives to sexual dysfunctions.