defunctionalizev.
transitive. To deprive of function or office.
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1877 E. Coues Fur-bearing Animals i. 12 Back upper premolar defunctionalized as a ‘sectorial’ tooth.
1877 E. Coues Fur-bearing Animals xi. 325 The sectorial teeth are defunctionalized as such.
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