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The phrase "a reduction in function" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing a decrease in the performance or capability of a system, process, or individual.
Example: "The recent software update has led to a reduction in function, causing several features to operate less efficiently."
Alternatives: "a decline in performance" or "a decrease in capability."
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Fibrin has many uses as a tissue engineering scaffold, however many in vivo studies have shown a reduction in function resulting from the susceptibility of fibrin to cell-mediated contraction.
Based on the function part of the Harris Hip Score, there was a reduction in function for both groups starting at 2 years of follow-up (Fig. 2).
This leads to considerable shortening of the replanted leg and to a reduction in function, aside from the cosmetic problem of a scarred and muscle-deficient extremity.
The KSKF showed a reduction in function in both group.
78 Conversely, previous studies demonstrated that a reduction in function increases the risk of depressive mood.
These data suggest that the αIIbβ3 affinity up-regulation defect alone would cause a reduction in function.
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The Norwegian Supreme Court has interpreted the term as to include a psychosis or as a reduction in functioning equivalent to what is seen in psychosis [ 33].
In this population impaired renal function is an independent risk for atherosclerotic vascular disease in addition to Framingham risk factors possibly related to age-related structural changes in older kidneys resulting in a reduction in functioning glomeruli.
However, the effect on lung function was rather a reduction in lung function decline than a rise in lung function compared with the level of lung function at the start of the study.
Given that estrogen increases AT2R expression, loss of estrogen-dependent activation of the NO-cGMP pathway may in part be due to a reduction in AT2R function.
However, two patients showed "wound breakdown," one of them suffering "a reduction in leg function". A third patient came down with meningitis.
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