Dys- Definition

dis
prefix
Abnormal.
Dysplasia.
American Heritage
Impaired.
Dysgraphia.
American Heritage
Difficult.
Dysphonia.
American Heritage
Wiktionary
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Bad, ill, abnormal, impaired, difficult, etc.
Dysfunction.
Webster's New World

Origin of Dys-

  • Gr, bad, hard, unlucky < IE base *dus-, bad, ill > Goth tuz-, OHG zur- (Ger zer-), Sans duṣ-

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

  • Latin dys- bad from Greek dus- dus- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From New Latin, from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “hard, difficult, bad”).

    From Wiktionary

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