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ORGANIC DISORDER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Disorder caused by a detectable physiological or structural change in an organ
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("organic disorder" is a kind of...):
disorder; upset (a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning)
Antonym:
functional disorder (disorder showing symptoms for which no physiological or anatomical cause can be identified)