This page is a candidate to be moved to Wiktionary. If the page can be expanded into an encyclopedic article, rather than a dictionary definition, please do so and remove this message. Otherwise, you can help by formatting it per the Wiktionary guidelines in preparation for the move.
English
Etymology
From the Greek dys, meaning bad or abnormal, and the English function.
Noun
dysfunction (plural dysfunctions)
the breakdown or abnormal behaviour of a function. It usually refers to a disorder in a bodily organ, a mental disorder or the improper behavior of a social group.
Erectile dysfunction in younger patients and in patients with primary impotence is due mainly to organic causes, usually vascular in origin.
Erectile dysfunction (ED), known as an inability to achieve or maintain erection with sufficient rigidity and duration to permit satisfactory sexual performance, is an age dependent disorder.
The ratio of organic to psychogenic male sexual dysfunction has been reported to be directly proportional to age; with 70 % of men under 35 years of age having psychogenic ED and 85 % of men over 50 years of age having organic ED.
Feeds |
Contact