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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Involving a diversion from part of the body that would usually perform a certain function.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From defunction (verb) + -ing.
