dysfunction
/dɪsˈfʌŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n
/noun [mass noun]
1Abnormality or impairment in the operation of a specified bodily organ or system: bowel dysfunction...
- Third, sepsis and organ dysfunctions are synergistic in worsening outcomes.
- 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.
1.1Disruption of normal social relations: inner-city dysfunction...
- The downside is the social dysfunction I witness amongst the spectators because of alcohol consumption.
- She just doesn't get it - the depiction of family dysfunction is not a social evil.
- More fundamentally, such statistics do not address the issue of the conditions that give rise to social dysfunction.
Rhymes
- ram air
- Ramakrishna
- ramal
- Raman-active
- Ramanas rose
- Raman band
- Raman effect
- Raman line
- Raman-scattered
- Raman scattering
- Raman shift
- Raman-shifted
- Raman, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata
- Raman spectrometer
- Raman spectroscopy
- Raman spectrum
- Ramanujan, Srinivasa Aaiyangar
- ramapithecine
- Ramapithecus
- ramarama
- Ramayana
- rambai
- rambeh
- Rambert, Dame Marie
- rambla