Based on your knowledge of the meanings of the prefix dis-, what would you say is the meaning of the word disorder as it is used in the following sentence?

The article in the medical journal described a disorder of the nervous system.
A. the interruption of a procedure

B. an organ of the body

C. an illness with no apparent cause
D. an abnormal condition
i thought it was A

Question

Based on your knowledge of the meanings of the prefix dis-, what would you say is the meaning of the word disorder as it is used in the following sentence? 

The article in the medical journal described a disorder of the nervous system.
  A. the interruption of a procedure 
 	
  B. an organ of the body 
 	
  C. an illness with no apparent cause 	
  D. an abnormal condition
i thought it was A

anonymous · Answer

It's D. It's not A because that type of disorder is talking about, for example, "The disorder of the procedure." It's not B because it's not talking about an organ of the body, and it's not C because there is obviously a cause and did not explain that there wasn't.

avountae2003 · Answer

thanx for explaining it for me