hypofunction

[hahy-poh-fuhngk-shuhn]

hy·po·func·tion

[hahy-poh-fuhngk-shuhn]
noun Pathology.
abnormally diminished function, especially of glands or other organs.

Origin:
1900–05; hypo- + function
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Hypofunction is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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hypofunction hy·po·func·tion (hī'pō-fŭngk'shən)
n.
Diminished, abnormally low, or inadequate functioning.

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