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minimal brain dysfunction
minimal brain dysfunctionn. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. No longer in scientific use.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  minimal brain dysfunction - a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disordersADD, ADHD, attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, hyperkinetic syndrome, MBD, minimal brain damagehyperactivity - a condition characterized by excessive restlessness and movementsyndrome - a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease |
EncyclopediaSeedysfunctionminimal brain dysfunction
dysfunction [dis-fungk´shun] disturbance, impairment, or abnormality of functioning of an organ. adj., adj dysfunc´tional.erectile dysfunction impotence.minimal brain dysfunction former name for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.risk for peripheral neurovascular dysfunction a nursing diagnosis accepted by the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, defined as being at risk for disruption in circulation, sensation, or motion of an extremity or limb.sexual dysfunction see sexual dysfunction.at·ten·tion def·i·cit dis·or·der (ADD), a disorder of attention, organization and impulse control appearing in childhood and often persisting to adulthood. Hyperactivity may be a feature but is not necessary for the diagnosis.minimal brain dysfunctionn. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. No longer in scientific use.minimal brain dysfunction A term used in the 1960s for children with learning problems of presumed neurological basis, which has been largely replaced by the term attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).minimal brain dysfunction Hyperactive child, hyperkinetic child syndrome, hyperkinetic syndrome, minimal brain damage, minimal cerebral dysfunction Neurology A term used in the 1960s for children with learning problems of implied neurological basis. See ADD. min·i·mal brain dys·func·tion (MBD) (min'i-măl brān dis-fŭngk'shŭn) Mild to severe learning behavioral disabilities in people with average or above average intelligence.
See: attention deficit disorderSee MBD
See MBDminimal brain dysfunction
Related to minimal brain dysfunction: developmental aphasiaSynonyms for minimal brain dysfunctionnoun a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disordersSynonyms- ADD
- ADHD
- attention deficit disorder
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- hyperkinetic syndrome
- MBD
- minimal brain damage
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