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• n  (medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group
  erectile dysfunction
  sexual relationship dysfunction

• In the same way that Bob Dole made "erectile dysfunction" a household word and took the sting out of having a sexual dysfunction, I think people need to feel it's okay.
• In Hannah's case, the vaccine court determined that the underlying dysfunction of her mitochondria put her at an increased risk of injury from vaccines.
• The study also found that vestibular dysfunction increased the risk of falling by a factor of 12.

• disfunction

News & Articles

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• Stunning farm bill defeat lays bare House dysfunction
  The dysfunctional House of Representatives claimed another legislative victim on Thursday: the farm bill.
  June 21, 2013 - Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News
• Greg Sargent: Farm bill debacle shows John Boehner needs Nancy Pelosi
  The utter dysfunction of the House GOP, on stark display once again.
  June 20, 2013 - Washington Post
• State report sheds more light on city Social Services dysfunction
  A state report released Monday afternoon delved deeper into the dysfunction in Richmond’s Department of Social Services, which has been the subject of three separate probes since a chorus of concern f
  June 18, 2013 - Richmond Times-Dispatch

Quotes

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• Arnold Schwarzenegger in Politico
  We have heard from the voters, and I respect the will of the people who are frustrated with the dysfunction in our budget system,Schwarzenegger said in a statement.
• Arlen Specter in Guardian Unlimited
  It is generally acknowledged that the Department of Justice is in a state of disrepair, perhaps even dysfunction, because of what has happened,Specter, of Pennsylvania, said.
• Andrew Cuomo in Wall Street Journal
  The chronic dysfunction of Albany metathesized into the corruption of Albany, and it was a bipartisan affliction,Mr. Cuomo said. "We stand today next to one of the historic monuments of government corruption, unfortunately Albany's antics...