functional : Idioms & Phrases

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blood-oxygenation level dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging

  • noun functional magnetic resonance imaging that relies on intrinsic changes in hemoglobin oxygenation
    BOLD FMRI.
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functional anatomy

  • noun the study of anatomy in its relation to function
    physiological anatomy; morphophysiology.
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functional calculus

  • noun a system of symbolic logic that represents individuals and predicates and quantification over individuals (as well as the relations between propositions)
    predicate calculus.
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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.
Webster 1913

functional disorder

  • noun disorder showing symptoms for which no physiological or anatomical cause can be identified
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functional genomics

  • noun the branch of genomics that determines the biological function of the genes and their products
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functional illiterate

  • noun a person with some ability to read and write but not enough for daily practical needs
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functional magnetic resonance imaging

  • noun a form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain
    fMRI.
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