dysfunction

English

Alternative forms

• disfunction (rare)

Etymology

dys- +‎ function

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈfʌŋk.ʃən/

Noun

dysfunction (countable and uncountable, plural dysfunctions)

1. (chiefly medicine) A failure to function in an expected or complete manner. Usually refers to a disorder in a bodily organ (e.g. erectile dysfunction), a mental disorder, or the improper behavior of a social group.

Antonyms

• eufunction
• function

Derived terms

• cognitive dysfunction syndrome
• dysfunctional
• dysfunctionally
• Eustachian tube dysfunction
• minimal brain dysfunction
• temporomandibular joint dysfunction

 

Translations

failure to function

• Catalan: disfunció f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 功能障礙／功能障碍 (gōngnéng zhàng'ài)

• Czech: dysfunkce (cs) f
• Danish: dysfunktion c, funktionsforstyrrelse c, funktionssvigt n
• Dutch: disfunctie (nl) f
• Finnish: toimintahäiriö
• French: dysfonctionnement (fr) m, dysfonction (fr) f
• German: Fehlfunktion f, Dysfunktion (de) f
• Greek: δυσλειτουργία (el) f (dysleitourgía)
• Italian: disfunzione (it) f
• Japanese: 機能不全 (ja) (きのうふぜん, kinōfuzen)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dysfunksjon m

  Nynorsk: dysfunksjon m

• Polish: dysfunkcja (pl) f
• Portuguese: disfunção (pt)
• Russian: дисфу́нкция (ru) f (disfúnkcija)
• Spanish: disfunción (es) f
• Swedish: dysfunktion c
• Ukrainian: дисфу́нкція f (dysfúnkcija)

Verb

dysfunction (third-person singular simple present dysfunctions, present participle dysfunctioning, simple past and past participle dysfunctioned)

1. (nonstandard, intransitive, chiefly biology) To fail to function correctly; to malfunction.