disfunction

Definitions of disfunction

1. noun

   (medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group
   synonyms: dysfunction

   types:

   ED, erectile dysfunction, male erecticle dysfunction

   impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis

   palsy, paralysis

   loss of the ability to move a body part

   akinesia, akinesis

   motionlessness attributable to a temporary paralysis

   alalia

   paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak

   cystoparalysis, cystoplegia

   paralysis of the urinary bladder

   diplegia

   paralysis of corresponding parts on both sides of the body

   Erb's palsy, Erb-Duchenne paralysis

   paralysis of the arm resulting from injury to the brachial plexus (usually during childbirth)

   monoplegia

   paralysis of a single limb

   ophthalmoplegia

   paralysis of the motor nerves of the eye

   paresis

   a slight or partial paralysis

   paraplegia

   paralysis of the lower half of the body (most often as a result of trauma)

   hemiplegia, unilateral paralysis

   paralysis of one side of the body

   quadriplegia

   paralysis of both arms and both legs

   type of:

   pathology

   any deviation from a healthy or normal condition