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Functional Disorder

Definition: Functional Disorder

Functional Disorder

Noun

1. Disorder showing symptoms for which no physiological or anatomical cause can be identified.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Antonym: organic disorder (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Functional Disorder

Specialty definitions using "functional disorder": athletic heart. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Functional Disorder

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The cause of IBS is not known, and as yet there is no cure. Doctors call it a functional disorder because there is no sign of disease when the colon is examined. (references)

IBS is classified as a functional disorder because it is caused by a problem in how the intestines, or bowels, work. People with IBS tend to have overly sensitive intestines that have muscle spasms in response to food, gas, and sometimes stress. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Functional Disorder

Language Translations for "functional disorder"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

funktionsstörung (disorder, dysfunction, malfunction). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

működészavar. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

機能障害 (dysfunction). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

きのうしょうがい (dysfunction). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

unctionalfay isorderday

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Functional Disorder

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-d-d-e-f-i-i-l-n-n-o-o-r-r-s-t-u"

-4 letters: insurrectional, reinoculations, unconsolidated.

-5 letters: consideration, disfunctional, fluoridations, fluorinations, functionaries, radionuclides, refoundations, reinoculation, uncoordinated, undoctrinaire.

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Alternative Orthography: Functional Disorder


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 75 6E 63 74 69 6F 6E 61 6C      44 69 73 6F 72 64 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01110101 01101110 01100011 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 01100001 01101100 00100000 01000100 01101001 01110011 01101111 01110010 01100100 01100101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#117 &#110 &#99 &#116 &#105 &#111 &#110 &#97 &#108 &#32 &#68 &#105 &#115 &#111 &#114 &#100 &#101 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0075 006E 0063 0074 0069 006F 006E 0061 006C      0044 0069 0073 006F 0072 0064 0065 0072

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4087806986758180677823875858184707184

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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