Definition of Functional disease. Meaning of Functional disease. Synonyms of Functional disease

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Definition of Functional disease

Functional disease
Functional Func"tion*al, a. 1. Pertaining to, or connected with, a function or duty; official. 2. (Physiol.) 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.

Meaning of Functional disease from wikipedia

- problems, sensory symptoms, and convulsions. As a functional disorder, there is, by definition, no known disease process affecting the structure of the body...
- of the systems of the body rather than due to a disease affecting the structure of the body. Functional disorders are common and complex phenomena that...
- underlying conditions of gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, or cancer. The exact cause of functional dyspepsia is unknown however there have been many...
- central nervous system (CNS) processing Terms such as functional colonic disease (or functional bowel disorder) refer in medicine to a group of bowel...
- result of an underlying disease, such as gastritis, peptic ulcer disease (an ulcer of the stomach or duodenum), or cancer. Functional indigestion (previously...
- Society for the Study of Coeliac Disease (ESsCD), coeliac disease can be ****ociated with hyposplenism or functional asplenia, which could result in impaired...
- Gastrointestinal diseases (abbrev. GI diseases or GI illnesses) refer to diseases involving the gastrointestinal tract, namely the esophagus, stomach,...
- Functional medicine (FM) is a form of alternative medicine that encomp****es a number of unproven and disproven methods and treatments. It has been described...
- A functional food is a food claimed to have an additional function (often one related to health promotion or disease prevention) by adding new ingredients...
- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional gastrointestinal disorder characterized by a group of symptoms that commonly include abdominal pain, abdominal...