dysentery
1: an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea
dysfunction
1: (medicine) any disturbance in the function of an organ or body part [syn: {disfunction}]
dysfunctional
1: impaired in function; especially of a bodily system or organ 2: (of a trait or condition) failing to serve an adjustive purpose; "dysfunctional behavior" [syn: {nonadaptive}]
dysgenic
1: pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced [syn: {cacogenic}] [ant: {eugenic}]
dysgenics
1: the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced [syn: {cacogenics}] [ant: {eugenics}]
dyskinesia
1: abnormality in performing voluntary muscle movements
dyslectic
1: having impaired ability to comprehend written words usually associated with a neurologic disorder [syn: {dyslexic}]
dyslexia
1: impaired ability to learn to read
dyslexic
1: of or relating to or symptomatic of dyslexia 2: having impaired ability to comprehend written words usually associated with a neurologic disorder [syn: {dyslectic}]
dyslogia
1: impaired ability to express ideas verbally; usually resulting from difficulties of reasoning (as in feeble-mindedness or certain psychoses)
dyslogistic
1: expressing disapproval; "dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'" [syn: {dislogistic}, {pejorative}]
dysomia
1: impairment of the sense of smell
dysosmia
1: a disorder in the sense of smell [syn: {parosamia}, {ofactory impairment}]
dysostosis multiplex
1: hereditary disease (autosomal recessive) consisting of an error is mucopolysaccharide metabolism; characterized by severe abnormalities in development of skeletal cartilage and bone and mental reta...
dyspepsia
1: a disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea [syn: {indigestion}, {stomach upset}, {upset stomach}]
dyspeptic
1: suffering from dyspepsia 2: irritable as if suffering from indigestion [syn: {atrabilious}, {bilious}, {liverish}] n : a person suffering from indigestion
dysphagia
1: condition in which swallowing is difficult or painful
dysphemism
1: an offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one; "his favorite dysphemism was to ask for axle grease when he wanted butter" [ant: {euphemism}]
dysphemistic
1: of an offensive substitute for inoffensive terminology; "`nigger' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American'" [syn: {offensive}] [ant: {euphemistic}]
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dysphonia
1: speech disorder attributable to a disorder of phonation
dysphoria
1: abnormal depression and discontent [ant: {euphoria}]
dysphoric
1: generalized feeling of distress [syn: {distressed}, {unhappy}] [ant: {euphoric}]
dysplasia
1: abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth
dyspnea
1: difficult or labored respiration [syn: {dyspnoea}]
dyspneal
1: not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty; "breathless at thought of what I had done"; "breathless from running"; "followed the match with breathless interest" [syn: {breathless}, {dy...
dyspneic
1: not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty; "breathless at thought of what I had done"; "breathless from running"; "followed the match with breathless interest" [syn: {breathless}, {dy...
dyspnoea
1: difficult or labored respiration [syn: {dyspnea}]
dyspnoeal
1: not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty; "breathless at thought of what I had done"; "breathless from running"; "followed the match with breathless interest" [syn: {breathless}, {dy...
dyspnoeic
1: not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty; "breathless at thought of what I had done"; "breathless from running"; "followed the match with breathless interest" [syn: {breathless}, {dy...
dysprosium
1: a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; forms compounds that are highly magnetic [syn: {Dy}, {atomic number 66}]
dyssynergia
1: inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait [syn: {ataxia}, {ataxy}, {motor ataxia}]
dysthymia
1: mild chronic depression; "I thought she had just been in a bad mood for thirty years, but the doctor called it dysthymia" [syn: {dysthymic depression}]
dysthymic depression
1: mild chronic depression; "I thought she had just been in a bad mood for thirty years, but the doctor called it dysthymia" [syn: {dysthymia}]
dystopia
1: state in which the condition of life is extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror [ant: {utopia}] 2: a work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad beca...
dystopian
1: of or pertaining to or resembling a dystopia 2: as bad as can be; characterized by human misery; "AIDS is one of the dystopian harbingers of the global villages"- Susan Sontag [ant: {utopian}]
dystrophy
1: any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles [syn: {muscular dystrophy}] 2: any degenerative disorder resulting from inadequat...
dysuria
1: painful or difficult urination
Dytiscidae
1: water beetles [syn: {family Dytiscidae}]
Dyushambe
1: the capital of Tajikistan; formerly Stalinabad 1926-1991 [syn: {Dushanbe}, {Dusanbe}, {Stalinabad}, {capital of Tajikistan}]
dziggetai
1: Mongolian wild ass [syn: {chigetai}, {Equus hemionus hemionus}]
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