dys- +
(Greek: bad, harsh, wrong; ill; hard to, difficult at; slow of; disordered; impaired, defective)
dysorexia
Impaired or perverted appetite; eating disorder.
dysosmia
1. The distortion of normal smelling perceptions.
2. A disorder of the sense of smell.
dysostosis
Defective ossification; defective bone formation, due to faulty ossification of fetal cartilages.
dysoxia
An abnormal metabolic condition in which tissues cannot make full use of available oxygen.
dyspancreatism
1. Impaired pancreatic function.
2. A disorder of the function of the pancreas (large elongated glandular organ lying near the stomach which secretes juices into the small intestine and the hormones insulin).
dyspathetic, dyspathic
Descriptive of being the opposite of sympathy; including, antipathy, aversion, dislike; disagreement of feeling or sentiment.
dyspathy
Antipathy; lack of sympathy; the reverse of sympathy.
dyspepsia,
Imperfect or painful digestion; not a disease in itself but symptomatic of other diseases or disorders.
It is marked by vague abdominal discomfort, a sense of fullness after eating, heartburn, nausea and vomiting, and loss of appetite.
dyspeptic
1. Affected with or referring to dyspepsia (painful digestion).
2. Someone who is afflicted with dyspepsia.
3. Tending to produce dyspepsia; indigestible.
dysphagia
Difficulty swallowing.
Isn't this a good word to use when referring to politicians making promises, promises, ad infinitum?
dysphagic
Referring to the inability to swallow or having difficulty in swallowing.
dysphagy
1. The inability to swallow or difficulty in swallowing; a sensation of food sticking in the esophagus.
2. Difficulty in eating; it may be organically or psychologically determined, but the term generally implies an organic cause.
dysphallation
Painful or otherwise difficult coitus; especially, in males.
dysphasia
1. Impairment of, or incoherent, speech resulting from a brain lesion.
2. Defective use or understanding of language caused by brain damage.
3. Difficulty in speaking and understanding spoken or written language, caused by a brain injury or a disease.
dysphasic
Characterized by the impairment of speech resulting from a brain lesion.
Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "bad, wrong":
caco-, kako-;
mal-;
mis-;
pessim-;
sceler-.
Cross references directly, or indirectly, involving "slow, slowness, slow of, sluggish":
lent-;
tard-.
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