dys-
(Greek: bad, harsh, wrong; ill; hard to do, difficult at; slow of; disordered; impaired, defective)
dysgenics
The science dealing with the factors operating to produce biological, and especially genetic, deterioration in the offspring of animals.
dysgenitalism
A condition caused by abnormal genital development.
dysgeogenous
Plants growing on soils; such as, granite, or hard rocks, generally; which do not readily yield a detritus.
dysgeusia (dis GYOO see uh)
Impairment or perversion of the sense of taste; impairment or perversion of the gustatory sense so that normal tastes are interpreted as being unpleasant or completely different from the characteristic taste of a particular food or chemical compound.
dysglandular
Of or relating to the dysfunction of glands, especially the endocrine glands.
dysgnathia
Abnormality of the jaw; any developmental abnormality of the maxilla (upper), or mandible (lower), or both jaws.
dysgnathic
dysgnosia
Any disorder characterized by intellectual impairment; memory loss; any mental illness.
dysgonesis
dysgrammataxia
Difficulty in combining into an integrated whole the various symbols comprising a word or phrase.
dysgrammatical
Pertaining to faults of speech arising from a disease.
dysgrammatism
A speech defect involving incorrect phrase construction, leading to infantile speech or a telegraphic style; an aphasic disorder that impairs syntax rather than vocabulary; also agrammatism.
dysgraphia
1. The inability to write coherently (as a manifestation of brain damage).
2. Writer's cramp.
3. In children, difficulty in learning to write.
2. Writer's cramp.
3. In children, difficulty in learning to write.
dysgraphic
dyshepatia
Disordered liver function.