dys- Meaning, Definition & Usage

Dys-
Definitions
  1. An inseparable prefix, fr. the Greek 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-.

Webster 1913