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Dys-

Dys-

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An inseparable prefix, fr. the Greek
δυσ-
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-.