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Functional Status: A patient's ability to perform the activities of daily living.

Functional Shift: The linguistic equivalent of poetic anthimeria, in which one part of grammatical speech becomes another. An especially common type of functional shift in everyday grammar is taking a noun an . . . View Full Definition

Functional Hallucination: the stimulus causing the hallucination is heard in addition to the hallucination. e.g. someone hears

Functional Obsolescence: A loss of value to an improvement to real estate arising from functional problems, often caused by age or poor design.

Functional Team: A group of employees who are responsible for a particular function within the organization.

Tax Status Election: Computer software designed to assist taxpayers in filling out tax returns and minimizing tax liability.

Status Change: A lifestyle event that may cause a person to modify their health benefits coverage category. Examples include, but are not limited to, the birth of a child, divorce or marriage.

Functional Group: A substructure that imparts characteristic chemical behaviors to a molecule, for example, a carboxylic acid group.

Functional Genomics: The study of genes, their resulting proteins, and the role played by the proteins the body's biochemical processes.

Cross-Functional Teams: Work teams comprised of individuals who represent the various organizational functions, departments or divisions.