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Dysfunction vs Adiadokokinesis - What's the difference?

dysfunction | adiadokokinesis |

As nouns the difference between dysfunction and adiadokokinesis

is that dysfunction is a failure to function in an expected or complete manner usually refers to a disorder in a bodily organ (eg erectile dysfunction), a mental disorder, or the improper behavior of a social group while adiadokokinesis is (medical) the inability to make movements exhibiting a rapid change of motion (as in quickly rotating the wrist one way and then the other) due to cerebellar dysfunction.

dysfunction

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A failure to function in an expected or complete manner. Usually refers to a disorder in a bodily organ (e.g. erectile dysfunction), a mental disorder, or the improper behavior of a social group.

    • Antonyms

    * function

    Derived terms

    * dysfunctional * dysfunctionally

    adiadokokinesis

    English

    Alternative forms

    * adiadochokinesis

    Noun

    (-)
  • (medical) The inability to make movements exhibiting a rapid change of motion (as in quickly rotating the wrist one way and then the other) due to cerebellar dysfunction.

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