"disfunction" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: disfunctions [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English function English disfunction From dis- + function. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|dis-|function|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English function English disfunction [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "apart", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "dis-", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "des-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "dis-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "dis-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "dis-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "function", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "disfunction", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="disfunction"> From dis- + function. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} disfunction (countable and uncountable, plural disfunctions)
  1. Nonstandard spelling of dysfunction. Tags: alt-of, countable, nonstandard, uncountable Alternative form of: dysfunction

Inflected forms

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