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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Variant of dysfunction.
Wiktionary
- n. common misspelling of dysfunction.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group
Examples
“Telomere and telomerase disfunction is now linked with a number of disease states, and therapeutic approaches based upon targeting this system are in development.”
“And they need someone who is, at heart, a genuinely selfish, sex-obsessed chauvinist that struggles mightily with money and identity issues obtained from familial disfunction.”
“Both boys were born with chordee, which if left alone results in a curved penis later in life, with the possibility of pain and even (in bad cases) sexual disfunction.”
“Crime, community atomization, national disunity, racial animosity and social disfunction would still remain.”
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“May cause dizziness, sexual disfunction and diarrhea.”
“Such unqualified language invites disfunction, and most careful speakers hedge what theysay.”
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“Dr Emil Schuffhauser of Vienna has just given injections of pentathol for a profitable outbreak of contagious multiple personality disfunction.”
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“Omar Abdi, 21, has only ever known a Somalia mired in violence and disfunction.”
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“The disfunction of the Wizards probably has made their players individually a lot worse.”
“The conservative belief in the inherent disfunction of government is a self-fulfilling prophecy.”
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