dysfunction

(dis-funk’shun) (Gr. dusdifficult + Sunction|. Disordered functioning. dysgalactia (dis-gal-ak’te-ah) [Gr. dusill + yad a milk]. Disordered milk secretion. dysgenesia (dis-jen-e’ze-ah) (Gr. dusdifficult + γεννᾶν to generate]. Impairment of the powers of procreation. dysgenitalism (dis-jen‘it-al-izm). The consequences of any abnormality of genital development, as eunuchism. dysgeusia (dis-gu’ze-ah) (Gr. dusill + ὀ γεῦσις taste]. Perversion of the sense of taste. dysgnosia (dis-gno’se-ah) (Gr. dusdifficult + γνῶσις knowledge]. Disorder of intellectual function. dysgonic (dis-gon’ik). (Gr. duspoorly + γονή seed]. Seeding badly: said of bacterial cultures that grow poorly. dysgraphia (dis-gra’fe-ah) [Gr. dusill + ypagey to write]. 1. Impairment or perversion of the power of the expre ion of ideas by writing. 2. The condition in which writing may be performed, but its performance is attended with disagreeable sensations. dyshematopoiesis (dis-hem’at-o-poi-e’sis). fective blood-formation. dyshidrosis, dysidrosis (dis-hid- -ro’sis) (Gr. dusill + tSpwors a sweating]. Any disorder of the perspiratory apparatus. 2. Pompholyx or cheiropompholyx. dyshydrosis (dis-hid-ro’sis). Dyshidrosis. physia, dis hypo phys i am ( De- 809