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'''Functional symptom''' is sometimes used in [[medicine]] to describe [[symptoms]] that have no current visible organic basis, e.g. if they are a result of [[psychological]] or [[perceptual]] [[dysfunction]]. Historically, functional symptoms tend to be reclassified as organic as investigative techniques improve. It is the opposite of organic symptom. | '''Functional symptom''' is sometimes used in [[medicine]] to describe [[symptoms]] that have no current visible organic basis, e.g. if they are a result of [[psychological]] or [[perceptual]] [[dysfunction]]. Historically, functional symptoms tend to be reclassified as organic as investigative techniques improve. It is the opposite of organic symptom. | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:58, 18 June 2015
Functional symptom is sometimes used in medicine to describe symptoms that have no current visible organic basis, e.g. if they are a result of psychological or perceptual dysfunction. Historically, functional symptoms tend to be reclassified as organic as investigative techniques improve. It is the opposite of organic symptom.