dys-

prefix

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dews-? Proto-Indo-European *dus- Proto-Hellenic *dus- Ancient Greek δῠσ- (dŭs-)der. New Latin dys-der. English dys- From New Latin dys-, from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “hard, difficult, bad”). Often confused with the separately derived prefix dis-.

1. difficult

   “dyschezia, dysacusis, dysbasia, dyslexia, dyscopia”

2. bad

   “dysphoria, dystopia”

3. bad

   “dysaemia, dyscognitive”

4. bad

   “dysejaculation, dysuria”

5. bad

   “dysbalanced, dyschloremia, dysdifferentiation”

6. bad

   “dysgraphia, dysphasia, dysoxic”

7. abnormal

   “dysgnathic, dysafferentation, dysesthesia”

8. to fail

   “dysautoregulation”

9. inability, unable

   “dyscontrol, dysmetria”

10. malady, disease

    “dysendocrinism, dysexecutive, dysautonomia, dysbarism”

11. not

    “dysfluent”