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
- black nationalism
- blackneb
- black-necked
- black-necked cobra
- black-necked grebe
- black-necked swan
- blackness
- black nightshade
- black oak
- black oat
- black of lyre
- black oil
- black olive
- black-on-black
- black op
- black opal
- black operations
- black ops
- black out
- blackout
- black panther
- black parsley
- black pear
- black pepper
- black perch