dys-
bad, difficult, abnormal
Greek · dys- (δυσ-)
Greek dys- means "bad", "hard" or "abnormal". Medical words use it a lot: dyslexia is trouble with reading, dysfunction is bad working, dystopia is a bad place.
Memory trick
DYS sounds like "dis": things that are DISordered or hard.
Words from this root
- dysfunction (dys + function) — bad or abnormal workingख़राबी, शिथिलता
- dysfunctional (dys + functional) — not working properlyठीक से काम न करने वाला
- dyslexia (dys + lexia) — difficulty with readingपढ़ने में कठिनाई
- dystopia (dys + topia) — an imagined bad societyबुरा काल्पनिक समाज
- dyspepsia (dys + pepsia) — poor digestionअपच
- dysentery (dys + entery) — painful bowel infectionपेचिश
- dysphoria (dys + phoria) — a state of uneaseबेचैनी
- dystrophy (dys + trophy) — faulty nourishment of tissueऊतकों का क्षय
- dysgraphia (dys + graphia) — difficulty with handwritingलिखने में कठिनाई
- dyscalculia (dys + calculia) — difficulty with numbersगणित में कठिनाई
- dysphagia (dys + phagia) — difficulty swallowingनिगलने में कठिनाई