Usage Note
Disfunzione follows the regular -zione (feminine) pattern. It appears in medical contexts (disfunzione erettile, erectile dysfunction) and administrative/social ones (disfunzione burocratica, bureaucratic dysfunction). The prefix dis- signals negation or disorder, parallel to English 'dys-'. Plural: disfunzioni.
Examples
"Il medico ha diagnosticato una disfunzione cardiaca."
Natural Translation
The doctor diagnosed a cardiac dysfunction.
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