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Meaning of "defunction" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF DEFUNCTION

dɪˈfʌŋkʃən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEFUNCTION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Defunction is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEFUNCTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of defunction in the English dictionary

The definition of defunction in the dictionary is death, the act of dying.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEFUNCTION

adjunction · cofunction · compunction · conjunction · disfunction · disjunction · dysfunction · eigenfunction · expunction · function · hyperfunction · injunction · interpunction · inunction · junction · malfunction · multifunction · subjunction · thermojunction · unction

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEFUNCTION

defrayal · defrayer · defrayment · defreeze · defriend · defrock · defrost · defroster · deft · deftly · deftness · defuel · defunct · defunctive · defunctness · defund · defuse · defuser · defuze · defy

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEFUNCTION

accreditation · action · attraction · auction · collection · connection · construction · correction · course of action · detection · direction · election · fiction · introduction · production · protection · reaction · satisfaction · section · selection · transaction

Synonyms and antonyms of defunction in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «defunction» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEFUNCTION

Find out the translation of defunction to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of defunction from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «defunction» in English.
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defunction
1,325 millions of speakers
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defunction
570 millions of speakers
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defunction
510 millions of speakers
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defunction
380 millions of speakers
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defunction
280 millions of speakers
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defunction
278 millions of speakers
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defunction
270 millions of speakers
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defunction
260 millions of speakers
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defunction
220 millions of speakers
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Bodoh
190 millions of speakers
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defunction
180 millions of speakers
ja

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defunction
130 millions of speakers
ko

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defunction
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Javanese

Defunct
85 millions of speakers
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defunction
80 millions of speakers
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defunction
75 millions of speakers
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निरसन
75 millions of speakers
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defunction
70 millions of speakers
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defunction
65 millions of speakers
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defunction
50 millions of speakers
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defunction
40 millions of speakers
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defunction
30 millions of speakers
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defunction
15 millions of speakers
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defunction
14 millions of speakers
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defunction
10 millions of speakers
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defunction
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Trends of use of defunction

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEFUNCTION»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about defunction

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEFUNCTION»

Discover the use of defunction in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to defunction and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Colorectal Surgery
Defunction a rectal cancer prior to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy • Defunction a distal anastomosis or complex anal sphincter repair • Defunction the anus following extensive surgery for Fournier's • gangrene. Double-barrel colostomy ...
Graham J MacKay, Helen R Dorrance, Richard G Molloy, 2010
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Handbook of Surgical Consent
A mucous fistula may be fashioned in addition, termed a double-barrelled stoma • Loop—formed in order to defunction either a distal obstructing colonic lesion or in order to protect a distal anastomosis Colostomy • End—formed in order to ...
Rajesh Nair, David J. Holroyd, 2011
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Contemporary Coloproctology
Glue/plug/flap – uncertain outcomes Remove and maintenance infliximab Cost, uncertain morbidity? helps 50% Defunction (proctectomy/reconstruct) Recognize with patient Defunction – improves QoL, rarely reversed Proctectomy – if done ...
Steven R. Brown, John E. Hartley, Nigel Scott, 2012
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King Henry V
55 Nor did the French possess the Salic land Until four hundred one-and-twenty years After defunction of King Pharamond, Idly supposed the founder of this law, Who died within the year of our redemption, to Four hundred twenty-six, and ...
William Shakespeare, Emma Smith, 2002
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A Dictionary of the Language of Shakespeare
Fitly; neatly; quickly; dexterously. Come, high or low ; Thyself and office deftly show. Macbeth, iv. 1. Defunction. Death. Nor did the French possess the Salique land Until four hundred one and twenty years After defunction of King Pharamond .
Swynfen Jervis, 1868
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ABC of Sepsis
Surgical The aim of surgical intervention is to: • eliminate the cause ofcontamination; • prevent persistent sepsis; • establish gut integrity, or if not possible, to defunction the bowel (intra-abdominal sepsis); • ensure adequate drainage and ...
Ron Daniels, Tim Nutbeam, 2009
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Examination Techniques in Orthopaedics
One of the options available is surgical reconstruction with extensor indicis proprius (EIP). It is therefore Figure 5.22 The presence of EIP and EDM can be tested for by flexing the other fingers in order to defunction EDC. necessary to determine ...
Nick Harris, Fazal Ali, 2014
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Farquharson's Textbook of Operative General Surgery 9Ed
Coloanal anastomoses are particularly vulnerable to anastomotic leakage, and some surgeons routinely defunction with a loop stoma. Surgeons are divided in their preference for either a loop transverse colostomy or a loop ileostomy as a ...
Brendan Moran, Margaret Farquharson, 2005
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Principles of Surgical Practice
The nidications are: • emergency, to defunction an obstructed colon due to stenosing carcinoma, anastomotic dehiscence or in children with Hirschsprung's disease or imperforate anus • elective, to protect the anastomosis of a low anterior ...
Andrew Kingsnorth, Aljafri Abdul Majid, 2001
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Recent Advances in Surgery
It is our practice to routinely defunction following laparoscopic TME for mid to low rectal cancer (our anastomotic leak rate is 1.1%). However, defunctioning stomas cause morbidity and closure carries a significant rate of complications.
Colin D Johnson, Irving Taylor, 2010

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEFUNCTION»

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Riding the Big Red Car: Work, Leisure, and Community in …
P.E. officials reinstated the routes, but as Josh Sides notes, "the incident foreshadowed the ultimate defunction of the P.E." 19. The dearth of ... «KCET, Dec 14»
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Bobby Green accuses Donald Cerrone of racist comments
Bobby Green has been one of the surprise packages from the Strikeforce defunction, improving with every performances inside the Octagon, ... «FanSided, Aug 14»
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Pardon The Reality: Erectile dysfunction drug advertising
“What's an 'erector defunction' anyway? Can you build stuff with it?” Drug companies would like to build up sales of e.d. drugs, which have yet ... «Lewisboro Ledger, Jul 13»
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The Game Is Up: The Fed Is Bankrupt
The public announcement of defunction came on Feb. 26. On that date, Bloomberg News reported that the New York-based risk analysis ... «Executive Intelligence Review, Mar 13»
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Create A Highly Organised, Synchronised Home Folder With Dropbox
Dropbox's shared folders feature is really great—especially if you need an alternative to the now defunction Drop.io — but as soon as you start ... «Lifehacker Australia, Nov 10»
REFERENCE
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