Used in a Sentence

disorders

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for disorders.

Editorial note

CBD bears investigation in epilepsy and other neuropsychiatric disorders, including anxiety, schizophrenia, addiction, and neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.

Examples16
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of disorders gathered in one view.

noun

Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.

noun

A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.

noun

(medicine, countable) A physical or mental malfunction.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for disorders.

noun

Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.

noun

A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.

noun

(medicine, countable) A physical or mental malfunction.

Example sentences

1

CBD bears investigation in epilepsy and other neuropsychiatric disorders, including anxiety, schizophrenia, addiction, and neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.

2

Psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia are more likely to manifest in those already susceptible to them, if they are subject to sleep deprivation.

3

It will be on the market in five years and will in my opinion revolutionize the treatment of depression, ptsd and other neurodegenerative disorders.

4

What kinds of disorders and diseases will you be testing for?

5

On the other hand, there are real problems associated with use, such as an increased risk of psychotic disorders, problems with concentration, etc.

6

So research is too thin to assume any therapeutic use, but strong enough to claim real problems such as an increased risk of psychotic disorders and problems with concentration?

7

I had a learning disorder before they tested for learning disorders.

8

Who got to decide that not wanting to work on boring work, not wanting to socialize with vapid people, not wanting to be nice to awful people, equaled mental disorders?

9

You mention psychotic disorders and concentration.

10

Anxiety disorders and suicides are the price of having a society and a world in which increasingly many people have everything on the line, at every step, all the time.

11

Then again, we are talking mental disorders of course.

12

Interestingly, Silicon Valley has quadruple the national rates of autism, and it's speculated that the genes that contribute to excelling in engineering also contribute to autism spectrum disorders.

Quote examples

1

People like to say "it's a chemical imbalance" about disorders as if that means they should throw their hands up in the air and give up.

2

For instance, many with severe personality disorders have a tendency to dichotomize everything with difficulty integrating "shades of grey" into every day thinking.

3

Such "plain evil" people are usually just labeled as people with mental disorders, with such or such "syndrome" when the causes can not be clearly identified.

4

So I much prefer the term "learning differences" instead of using words like "disabilities" or "disorders" since right now we still do not quite yet understand exactly how the brain works.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use disorders in a sentence?

CBD bears investigation in epilepsy and other neuropsychiatric disorders, including anxiety, schizophrenia, addiction, and neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.

What does disorders mean?

Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.

What part of speech is disorders?

disorders is commonly used as noun.