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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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.