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asyndesis (medicine) and disuse(1) (iou)


asyndesis (medicine)


asyndesis


1. Rarely used term for a mental defect in which separate ideas or thoughts cannot be joined into a coherent concept.

2. A breaking up of the connecting links in language, said to be characteristic of the language disturbance of schizophrenics.

Origin: G. A-priv. + syn, together, + desis, binding


disuse(1) (iou)



disuse noun. LME.
[from DIS- 2 + USE noun.]
The state of being or becoming unaccustomed (to something). LME-L18.
Discontinuance or prolonged suspension of use, practice, or Exercise. M16.
S. T. Warner The field-path to it is vanishing from disuse.
The state of being no longer in use. L17.
P. H. Johnson The wireless, with its earphones, fell into disuse since nobody cared to listen to it.