Definition of function

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Function (n.) The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance..

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Organic :: Organic (a.) Of or pertaining to an organ or its functions, or to objects composed of organs; consisting of organs, or containing them; as, the organic structure of animals and plants; exhibiting characters peculiar to living organisms; as, organic bodies, organic life, organic remains. Cf. Inorganic..
Constableship :: Constableship (n.) The office or functions of a constable.
Inhibition :: Inhibition (n.) A stopping or checking of an already present action; a restraining of the function of an organ, or an agent, as a digestive fluid or ferment, etc.; as, the inhibition of the respiratory center by the pneumogastric nerve; the inhibition of reflexes, etc..
Animal :: Animal (a.) Of or relating to animals; as, animal functions..
Judge :: Judge (v. t.) To exercise the functions of a magistrate over; to govern.
Organ :: Organ (n.) A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs of plants..
Physiological :: Physiological (a.) Of or pertaining to physiology; relating to the science of the functions of living organism; as, physiological botany or chemistry..
Dyspepsy :: Dyspepsy () A kind of indigestion; a state of the stomach in which its functions are disturbed, without the presence of other diseases, or, if others are present, they are of minor importance. Its symptoms are loss of appetite, nausea, heartburn, acrid or fetid eructations, a sense of weight or fullness in the stomach, etc..
Nutrition :: Nutrition (n.) In a more limited sense, the process by which the living tissues take up, from the blood, matters necessary either for their repair or for the performance of their healthy functions..
Sustentative :: Sustentation (n.) The aggregate of the functions by which a living organism is maintained in a normal condition of weight and growth.
Unspecialized :: Unspecialized (a.) Not specialized; specifically (Biol.), not adapted, or set apart, for any particular purpose or function; as, an unspecialized unicellular organism..
Neurility :: Neurility (n.) The special properties and functions of the nerves; that capacity for transmitting a stimulus which belongs to nerves.
Cardiolgy :: Cardiolgy (n.) The science which treats of the heart and its functions.
Belong :: Belong (v. i.) To be the concern or proper business or function of; to appertain to.
Psychosis :: Psychosis (n.) A disease of the mind; especially, a functional mental disorder, that is, one unattended with evident organic changes..
Argument :: Argument (n.) The independent variable upon whose value that of a function depends.
Malady :: Malady (n.) Any disease of the human body; a distemper, disorder, or indisposition, proceeding from impaired, defective, or morbid organic functions; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder..
Pursuivant :: Pursuivant (n.) A functionary of lower rank than a herald, but discharging similar duties; -- called also pursuivant at arms; an attendant of the heralds. Also used figuratively..
Limitation :: Limitation (v. t.) A certain precinct within which friars were allowed to beg, or exercise their functions; also, the time during which they were permitted to exercise their functions in such a district..
Action :: Action (n.) Any one of the active processes going on in an organism; the performance of a function; as, the action of the heart, the muscles, or the gastric juice..
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