Functional congestion
functional congestion n.
Increased flow of blood to an organ while it is functioning. Also called physiologic congestion.
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database, language A database which uses a functional language as its query language. Databases would seem to be an inappropriate application for functional languages since, a purely functional language would have to return a new copy of the entire database every time (part of) it was updated. To be practically scalable, the update mechanism must […]
- Functional deafness
functional deafness n. See psychogenic deafness.
- Functional dependency
database Given a relation R (in a relational database), attribute Y of R is functionally dependent on attribute X of R and X of R functionally determines Y of R (in symbols R.X -> R.Y) if and only if each X in R has associated with it precisely one Y in R (at any one […]
- Functional-disease
noun, Pathology. 1. a disease in which there is an abnormal change in the function of an organ, but no structural alteration in the tissues involved (opposed to ). noun 1. a disease in which there is no observable change in the structure of an organ or part Compare organic disease
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functional disorder n. A physical disorder in which the symptoms have no known or detectable organic basis but are believed to be the result of psychological factors such as emotional conflicts or stress. Also called functional disease.