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Functional
Pronunciation : Func"tion*al
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : 1. Pertaining to, or connected with, a function or duty; official.
2. (Physiol.)
Defn: Pertaining to the function of an organ or part, or to the functions in general. Functional disease (Med.), a disease of which the symptoms cannot be referred to any appreciable lesion or change of structure; the derangement of an organ arising from a cause, often unknown, external to itself opposed to organic disease, in which the organ itself is affected.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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