minimal brain dysfunction

dysfunction /dys·func·tion/ (dis-funk´shun) disturbance, impairment, or abnormality of functioning of an organ.dysfunc´tional

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erectile dysfunction  impotence (2).

minimal brain dysfunction  former name for attention-deficit.

sexual dysfunction  any of a group of sexual disorders characterized by disturbance either of sexual desire or of the psychophysiological changes that usually characterize sexual response.

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min·i·mal brain dysfunction (mn-ml)

n.

Attention deficit disorder. No longer in scientific use.

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minimal brain dysfunction.

See attention deficit disorder.

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dysfunction [dis-fungk´shun]

disturbance, impairment, or abnormality of functioning of an organ. adj., adj dysfunc´tional.

erectile dysfunction impotence.

minimal brain dysfunction former name for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

risk for peripheral neurovascular dysfunction a nursing diagnosis accepted by the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, defined as being at risk for disruption in circulation, sensation, or motion of an extremity or limb.

sexual dysfunction see sexual dysfunction.

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minimal brain dysfunction

Hyperactive child, hyperkinetic child syndrome, hyperkinetic syndrome, minimal brain damage, minimal cerebral dysfunction Neurology A term used in the 1960s for children with learning problems of implied neurological basis. See ADD.