DYSFUNCTION Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

dysfunction

noun

variants also disfunction

Definition of dysfunction

as in disease

impaired or abnormal functioning (as of a body part) She's suffered from minor brain dysfunction since the accident.

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Recent Examples of dysfunction For liver health, antioxidants can reduce chronic damage that could lead to liver dysfunction, improving the liver’s overall ability to remove toxins. — Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 22 July 2026 No one is better versed in, say, the dysfunctions of the writer-actress relationship than Valerie, who, in previous seasons, suffered endlessly at the hands of a misogynistic showrunner. — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 July 2026 Coronary artery disease and Parkinson’s disease (he was diagnosed in 2019) with autonomic dysfunction were listed as joint causes on his official death certificate. — Shelby Stivale, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026 Ambitiously reaching past satire toward psychological revelation, the play piles on plot twists but offers thin, inconsistent character work and a retrograde climax, leaving its portrait of American familial dysfunction strangely underpowered. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for dysfunction

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DeepMind’s AlphaFold, for example, has used to AI to make available new structures for more than 200 million proteins, opening new pathways for research into disease and medicine.

— Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
The lab got its start with studies of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the 1900s, when ranchers and cattle were dying from the then-unknown disease.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 22 July 2026

Definition of disease

Noun

The woman said she’s struggled with anxiety and nightmares ever since and has been diagnosed with post- traumatic stress disorder.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 July 2026
Dobson resigned from the American Psychological Association in 1973 over its removal of homosexuality from its list of psychological disorders.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026

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