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disfunction

DEFINITIONS OF: disfunction

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n (medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group

Synonyms:
dysfunction
Types:
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ED, erectile dysfunction, male erecticle dysfunction
impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis
palsy, paralysis
loss of the ability to move a body part
akinesia, akinesis
motionlessness attributable to a temporary paralysis
alalia
paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak
cystoparalysis, cystoplegia
paralysis of the urinary bladder
diplegia
paralysis of corresponding parts on both sides of the body
Erb's palsy, Erb-Duchenne paralysis
paralysis of the arm resulting from injury to the brachial plexus (usually during childbirth)
monoplegia
paralysis of a single limb
ophthalmoplegia
paralysis of the motor nerves of the eye
paresis
a slight or partial paralysis
paraplegia
paralysis of the lower half of the body (most often as a result of trauma)
hemiplegia, unilateral paralysis
paralysis of one side of the body
quadriplegia
paralysis of both arms and both legs
Type of:
pathology
any deviation from a healthy or normal condition
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