%dys%

An inseparable prefix, fr. the Greek dys- hard, ill, and signifying ill, bad, hard, difficult, and the like; cf. the prefixes, Skr. dus-, Goth. tuz-, OHG. zur-, G. zer-, AS. to-, Icel. tor-, Ir. do-. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. dys- ill, bad + &unr_; to perceive, to feel. ] (Med.) Impairment of any of the senses, esp. of touch. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. dyscrasia, fr. Gr. dyskrasi`a; dys- bad + kra^sis mixture, fr. keranny`nai to mix: cf. F. dycrasie. ] (Med.) An ill habit or state of the constitution; -- formerly regarded as dependent on a morbid condition of the blood and humors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; bad + &unr_; compound. ] (Min.) A mineral consisting of antimony and silver. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Discrasies Dycrasia. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sin is a cause of dycrasies and distempers. Jer. Taylor.

{ } a. [ L. dysentericus, Gr. &unr_;; cf. F. dysentérigue. ] Of or pertaining to dysentery; having dysentery; as, a dysenteric patient. “Dysenteric symptoms.” Copland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dysenteria, Gr. &unr_;; dys- ill, bad + &unr_;, pl. &unr_;, intestines, fr. 'ento`s within, fr. &unr_; in, akin to E. in: cf. F. dysenterie. See Dys, and In. ] (Med.) A disease attended with inflammation and ulceration of the colon and rectum, and characterized by griping pains, constant desire to evacuate the bowels, and the discharge of mucus and blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When acute, dysentery is usually accompanied with high fevers. It occurs epidemically, and is believed to be communicable through the medium of the alvine discharges. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. impaired in function; especially of a bodily system or organ. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Psychol.) failing to serve an adjustive purpose; -- of a trait or condition; as, dysfunctional behavior.
Syn. -- nonadaptive. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Not procreating or breeding freely; as, one race may be dysgenesic with respect to another. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Pref. dys- + genesis. ] (Biol.) A condition of not generating or breeding freely; infertility; a form of homogenesis in which the hybrids are sterile among themselves, but are fertile with members of either parent race. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to dysgenics.
Syn. -- cacogenic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced.
Syn. -- cacogenics. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an abnormality in performing voluntary muscle movements. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Suffering from dyslexia; having impaired ability to comprehend written words; a condition usually associated with a neurologic disorder.
Syn. -- dyslexic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pos>n. Any of various reading disorders caused by a damaged or congenitally faulty structure within the central nervous system, and causing an impairment of the ability to interpret spatial relationships or to integrate auditory and visual information. A common example is when letter sequences are interpreted as inverted in order, as in bat/tab. RHUD [ PJC ]

adj. 1. Of or pertaining to dyslexia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. same as dyslectic.
Syn. -- dyslectic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. dys- ill, bad, + &unr_; discourse, fr. &unr_; to speak. ] Unfavorable; not commendatory; -- opposed to eulogistic. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is no course of conduct for which dyslogistic or eulogistic epithets may be found. J. F. Stephen. [ 1913 Webster ]

The paternity of dyslogistic -- no bantling, but now almost a centenarian -- is adjudged to that genius of common sense, Jeremy Bentham. Fitzed. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. dys- ill, hard + &unr_; to loose, dissolve. ] (Min.) A variety of the zinc spinel or gahnite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. dys- ill, hard + &unr_; a loosing. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A resinous substance formed in the decomposition of cholic acid of bile; -- so called because it is difficult to solve. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. dys- ill, hard + &unr_; month + &unr_; to flow. ] (Med.) Difficult and painful menstruation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; dys- ill, bad + &unr_; law. ] Bad legislation; the enactment of bad laws. Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; ill smell, from &unr_; ill-smelling; dys- ill, bad + &unr_; to smell. ] (Min.) An impure earthy or coaly bitumen, which emits a highly fetid odor when burning.

{ }[ L. dyspepsia, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; hard to digest; dys- ill, hard + &unr_; to cook, digest; akin to E. cook: cf. F. dyspepsie. See Dys-, and 3d Cook. ] (Med.) A kind of indigestion; a state of the stomach in which its functions are disturbed, without the presence of other diseases, or, if others are present, they are of minor importance. Its symptoms are loss of appetite, nausea, heartburn, acrid or fetid eructations, a sense of weight or fullness in the stomach, etc. Dunglison.

n. A person afflicted with dyspepsia. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to dyspepsia; having dyspepsia; as, a dyspeptic or dyspeptical symptom. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. dys- + peptone. ] (Physiol. Chem.) An insoluble albuminous body formed from casein and other proteid substances by the action of gastric juice. Meissner. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. dysphagia, fr. Gr. dys- ill, hard + &unr_; to eat. ] (Med.) Difficulty in swallowing, or inability to swallow.
Syn. -- aglutition. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. dysphonia, Gr. &unr_;; dys- ill, hard + &unr_; sound, voice: cf. F. dysphonie. ] (Med.) A difficulty in producing vocal sounds; enfeebled or depraved voice. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; hard to bear; dys- ill, hard + fe`rein to bear: cf. F. dysphorie. ] (Med.) Impatience under affliction; morbid restlessness; dissatisfaction; the fidgets. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; short of breath; pref. dys- ill, hard + &unr_;, &unr_;, breathing, &unr_; to blow, breathe: cf. F. dyspnée. ] (Med.) Difficulty of breathing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Affected with shortness of breath; relating to dyspnœa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. dyspro`sitos hard to get at. ] (Chem.) An element of the rare earth-group. Symbol Dy; at. wt., 162.5. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Pref. dys- + teleology. ] (Biol.) The doctrine of purposelessness; a term applied by Haeckel to that branch of physiology which treats of rudimentary organs, in view of their being useless to the life of the organism. [ 1913 Webster ]

To the doctrine of dysteleology, or the denial of final causes, a proof of the real existence of such a thing as instinct must necessarily be fatal. Word (Dynamic Sociology). [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;; dys- ill, hard + to`kos delivery. ] (Med.) Difficult delivery pr parturition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. dys- ill, hard + tomo`s cutting, diate`mnein to cut. ] (Min.) Cleaving with difficulty. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Datolite was called dystome spar by Mohs.

a. [ Gr. dys-: cf. F. dysurique. ] Pertaining to, or afflicted with, dysury.

{ ‖ } n. [ L. dysuria, Gr. &unr_;; dys- + &unr_; urine: cf. F. dysurie. ] (Med.) Difficult or painful discharge of urine. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Ecdyses [ NL., fr. Gr. 'e`kdysis a getting out, fr. 'ekdy`ein, to put off; 'ek out + dy`ein to enter. ] (Biol.) The act of shedding, or casting off, an outer cuticular layer, as in the case of serpents, lobsters, etc.; a coming out; as, the ecdysis of the pupa from its shell; exuviation. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Endyses [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a putting on, fr. &unr_; to put on. ] (Biol.) The act of developing a new coat of hair, a new set of feathers, scales, etc.; -- opposed to ecdysis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of a goody or goodwife [ Jocose ] Hudibraus.

n. A blow with the hand. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of herbs of Northern temperate regions.
Syn. -- genus Hedysarum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; &unr_; &unr_; one by two. ] (Gram.) A figure in which the idea is expressed by two nouns connected by and, instead of by a noun and limiting adjective; as, we drink from cups and gold, for golden cups. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The rank or position of a lady; -- given as a title (preceded by her or your). [ 1913 Webster ]

Your ladyship shall observe their gravity. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]