dys-

prefix — 11 senses

dys-

prefix

/dɪs/

Etymology From New Latin dys-, from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “hard, difficult, bad”). Often confused with the separately derived prefix dis-.

11 senses

1difficult
2bad
3unhealthy, harmful
4painful
5incorrect
6poor, deficient
7abnormal
8to fail
9inability, unable
10malady, disease
11not

1

Morpheme difficult

dyschezia, dysacusis, dysbasia, dyslexia, dyscopia

2

Morpheme bad

dysphoria, dystopia

3

Morpheme unhealthy, harmful

dysaemia, dyscognitive

4

Morpheme painful

dysejaculation, dysuria

5

Morpheme incorrect

dysbalanced, dyschloremia, dysdifferentiation

6

Morpheme poor, deficient

dysgraphia, dysphasia, dysoxic

7

Morpheme abnormal

dysgnathic, dysafferentation, dysesthesia

8

Morpheme to fail

dysautoregulation

9

Morpheme inability, unable

dyscontrol, dysmetria

10

Medicine, Pathology, Sciences Morpheme malady, disease

dysendocrinism, dysexecutive, dysautonomia, dysbarism

11

Morpheme not

dysfluent

Synonyms: mal-, -algia, (loosely) -algy, -dynia, para-, dis-, mis-, under-, hypo-, a-, an-, i-, il-, im-, in-, ir-, non-, un-
Antonyms: eu-
Related terms: dis-

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