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单词 dysfunction
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Definition of dysfunction in English:

dysfunction

noun dɪsˈfʌŋ(k)ʃ(ə)nˌdɪsˈfəŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n
mass noun
  • 1Abnormality or impairment in the operation of a specified bodily organ or system.

    bowel dysfunction
    Example sentencesExamples
    • So is there potential for casting further light on this by studying people who have neurological dysfunctions associated with memory disability such as Alzheimer's?
    • Neurobehavioral and pulmonary dysfunctions were measured 7 weeks after the chlorine spill.
    • Third, sepsis and organ dysfunctions are synergistic in worsening outcomes.
    • These dysfunctions lead to the clinical syndrome of heart failure.
    • Although computed tomography can identify most brain lesions, it does not identify metabolic and extrinsic brain dysfunctions.
    • Immunological dysfunctions, inflammation of the respiratory tract, and disorders such as porphyria have all been suggested as possible causal factors.
    • In this system, organ system dysfunctions are used to evaluate morbidity in critically ill patients.
    • Massage can therefore be very effectively used in conjunction with bodywork to treat not only musculo-skeletal problems, but dysfunctions of organs, glands and whole systems.
    • Survival varies widely depending upon age, chronic disease burden, and nonpulmonary organ dysfunctions such as shock and hepatic failure.
    • We included all consecutive patients with blood culture-positive sepsis and measured organ dysfunctions and mortality.
    • We found that both pancreatic damage and end-organ dysfunctions correlated with the magnitude of the inflammatory response.
    • Optimum supplementation with vitamin C and other essential nutrients may provide a basic therapeutic means for the prevention and successful management of cardiovascular dysfunctions.
    • Finally, our study design did not allow us to examine in detail the hypothesis that lung inflammation due to ARDS may contribute to nonpulmonary organ dysfunctions.
    • Major consequences of foetal alcohol syndrome are facial deformities, central nervous system dysfunctions and non specific malfunctions.
    • Severe sepsis is defined as sepsis associated with evidence of one or more acute organ dysfunctions.
    • One important function of health-care services, here personal medical services, is to restore handicapping dysfunctions, for example, of vision, mobility, and so on.
    • The course content included identification, screening and early intervention and medical implications like epilepsy, hyperactivity and brain dysfunctions.
    • Implanted electronic devices provide a vast array of treatments for patients with cardiac dysfunctions.
    • Bladder dysfunctions should be treated before a second procedure is performed.
    • Therefore, other factors play a role in the development of lung dysfunctions.
    Synonyms
    disease, infection, complaint, problem, condition, affliction, malady, sickness, illness, ailment, infirmity, disability
    1. 1.1 Disruption of normal social relations.
      inner-city dysfunction
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Family structure is crumbling, and dysfunction in relationships is at an all-time high.
      • The downside is the social dysfunction I witness amongst the spectators because of alcohol consumption.
      • The focus on individuals' psychological dysfunction is not confined to education.
      • More fundamentally, such statistics do not address the issue of the conditions that give rise to social dysfunction.
      • Stress, sexual dysfunction and even inability to work are also to be excluded.
      • Where do poverty, dysfunction, violence and high mortality rates fit into the analysis?
      • It calls to mind a world of social dysfunction hiding beneath the surface of everyday life.
      • His poor ability to make relationships with others indicated high levels of psychological dysfunction.
      • I accept that there is a relationship between sexual dysfunction and stress, anxiety and depression.
      • Every time I visited home since my grandma died, I saw more and more chaos and dysfunction in my family.
      • This is about the link between criminality and deprivation, family dysfunction and poor education.
      • Others look, quite understandably, at democratic or social dysfunction and wish that we had machines that could help us fix it.
      • She just doesn't get it - the depiction of family dysfunction is not a social evil.
      • She admits that there has been an element of dysfunction in all her relationships.

Rhymes

compunction, conjunction, expunction, function, junction, malfunction, multifunction, unction
 
 

Definition of dysfunction in US English:

dysfunction

nounˌdisˈfəNG(k)SH(ə)nˌdɪsˈfəŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n
  • 1Abnormality or impairment in the function of a specified bodily organ or system.

    bowel dysfunction
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Although computed tomography can identify most brain lesions, it does not identify metabolic and extrinsic brain dysfunctions.
    • The course content included identification, screening and early intervention and medical implications like epilepsy, hyperactivity and brain dysfunctions.
    • Massage can therefore be very effectively used in conjunction with bodywork to treat not only musculo-skeletal problems, but dysfunctions of organs, glands and whole systems.
    • Optimum supplementation with vitamin C and other essential nutrients may provide a basic therapeutic means for the prevention and successful management of cardiovascular dysfunctions.
    • We found that both pancreatic damage and end-organ dysfunctions correlated with the magnitude of the inflammatory response.
    • Third, sepsis and organ dysfunctions are synergistic in worsening outcomes.
    • Implanted electronic devices provide a vast array of treatments for patients with cardiac dysfunctions.
    • So is there potential for casting further light on this by studying people who have neurological dysfunctions associated with memory disability such as Alzheimer's?
    • Finally, our study design did not allow us to examine in detail the hypothesis that lung inflammation due to ARDS may contribute to nonpulmonary organ dysfunctions.
    • Survival varies widely depending upon age, chronic disease burden, and nonpulmonary organ dysfunctions such as shock and hepatic failure.
    • Major consequences of foetal alcohol syndrome are facial deformities, central nervous system dysfunctions and non specific malfunctions.
    • We included all consecutive patients with blood culture-positive sepsis and measured organ dysfunctions and mortality.
    • Severe sepsis is defined as sepsis associated with evidence of one or more acute organ dysfunctions.
    • Neurobehavioral and pulmonary dysfunctions were measured 7 weeks after the chlorine spill.
    • Immunological dysfunctions, inflammation of the respiratory tract, and disorders such as porphyria have all been suggested as possible causal factors.
    • Therefore, other factors play a role in the development of lung dysfunctions.
    • One important function of health-care services, here personal medical services, is to restore handicapping dysfunctions, for example, of vision, mobility, and so on.
    • In this system, organ system dysfunctions are used to evaluate morbidity in critically ill patients.
    • Bladder dysfunctions should be treated before a second procedure is performed.
    • These dysfunctions lead to the clinical syndrome of heart failure.
    Synonyms
    disease, infection, complaint, problem, condition, affliction, malady, sickness, illness, ailment, infirmity, disability
    1. 1.1 Deviation from the norms of social behavior in a way regarded as bad.
      inner-city dysfunction
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The focus on individuals' psychological dysfunction is not confined to education.
      • I accept that there is a relationship between sexual dysfunction and stress, anxiety and depression.
      • She admits that there has been an element of dysfunction in all her relationships.
      • More fundamentally, such statistics do not address the issue of the conditions that give rise to social dysfunction.
      • Stress, sexual dysfunction and even inability to work are also to be excluded.
      • Family structure is crumbling, and dysfunction in relationships is at an all-time high.
      • Every time I visited home since my grandma died, I saw more and more chaos and dysfunction in my family.
      • This is about the link between criminality and deprivation, family dysfunction and poor education.
      • Where do poverty, dysfunction, violence and high mortality rates fit into the analysis?
      • She just doesn't get it - the depiction of family dysfunction is not a social evil.
      • The downside is the social dysfunction I witness amongst the spectators because of alcohol consumption.
      • Others look, quite understandably, at democratic or social dysfunction and wish that we had machines that could help us fix it.
      • It calls to mind a world of social dysfunction hiding beneath the surface of everyday life.
      • His poor ability to make relationships with others indicated high levels of psychological dysfunction.
 
 
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