disorder

disorder
dis|or|der
W3 [dısˈo:də US -ˈo:rdər] n
1.) medical
a mental or physical illness which prevents part of your body from working properly
a disorder of the brain/liver/digestive system etc
He suffers from a rare disorder of the liver.
a stomach/lung/heart etc disorder
a mental/psychiatric disorder
people with mental disorders
severe eating disorders such as bulimia and anorexia
2.) [U]
a situation in which a lot of people behave in an uncontrolled, noisy, or violent way in public
civil/public/crowd disorder
A number of stadiums were closed because of crowd disorder.
3.) [U]
a situation in which things or people are very untidy or disorganized
≠ ↑order in/into disorder
Everything was in disorder, but nothing seemed to be missing.
His whole system was thrown into disorder .

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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