| brandysnap | (noun) a gingersnap flavored with brandy | - |
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| chondrodystrophy | (noun) an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism | Synonyms: achondroplasia, achondroplasty, osteosclerosis congenita |
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| dysaphia | (noun) a disorder in the sense of touch | - |
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| dysarthria | (noun) impaired articulatory ability resulting from defects in the peripheral motor nerves or in the speech musculature | - |
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| dyscalculia | (noun) impaired ability to learn grade-appropriate mathematics | - |
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| dyschezia | (noun) difficulty in defecating (usually as a consequence of long continued voluntary suppression of the urge to defecate) | - |
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| dyscrasia | (noun) an abnormal or physiologically unbalanced state of the body | - |
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| dysentery | (noun) an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea | - |
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| dysfunction | (noun) (medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group | Synonyms: disfunction |
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| dysfunctional | (adjective) impaired in function; especially of a bodily system or organ | - |
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| (adjective) (of a trait or condition) failing to serve an adjustive purpose | Synonyms: nonadaptive |
| dysfunctionality | (noun) The condition of functioning incorrectly or abnormally. | - |
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| dysgenesis | (noun) infertility between hybrids | - |
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| dysgenic | (adjective) pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced | Synonyms: cacogenic |
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| dysgenics | (noun) the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced | Synonyms: cacogenics |
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| dysgraphia | (noun) impaired ability to learn to write | - |
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| dyskinesia | (noun) abnormality in performing voluntary muscle movements | - |
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| dyslectic | (adjective) having impaired ability to comprehend written words usually associated with a neurologic disorder | Synonyms: dyslexic |
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| (noun) a person who has dyslexia | Synonyms: dyslexic |
| dyslexia | (noun) impaired ability to learn to read | - |
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| dyslexic | (adjective) of or relating to or symptomatic of dyslexia | - |
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| (adjective) having impaired ability to comprehend written words usually associated with a neurologic disorder | Synonyms: dyslectic |
| (noun) a person who has dyslexia | Synonyms: dyslectic |
| dyslogia | (noun) impaired ability to express ideas verbally; usually resulting from difficulties of reasoning (as in feeblemindedness or certain psychoses) | - |
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| dyslogistic | (adjective) expressing disapproval | Synonyms: dislogistic, pejorative |
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| dysmenorrhea | (noun) painful menstruation | - |
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| dysomia | (noun) impairment of the sense of smell | - |
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| dysosmia | (noun) a disorder in the sense of smell | Synonyms: olfactory impairment, parosamia |
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| dyspepsia | (noun) a disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea | Synonyms: indigestion, stomach upset, upset stomach |
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| dyspeptic | (adjective) irritable as if suffering from indigestion | Synonyms: atrabilious, bilious, liverish |
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| (adjective) suffering from dyspepsia | - |
| (noun) a person suffering from indigestion | - |
| dysphagia | (noun) condition in which swallowing is difficult or painful | - |
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| dysphasia | (noun) an impairment of language (especially speech production) that is usually due to brain damage | - |
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| dysphemism | (noun) an offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one | - |
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| dysphemistic | (adjective) of or the nature of dysphemism | - |
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| dysphonia | (noun) speech disorder attributable to a disorder of phonation | - |
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| dysphoria | (noun) abnormal depression and discontent | - |
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| dysphoric | (adjective) generalized feeling of distress | Synonyms: distressed, unhappy |
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| dysplasia | (noun) abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth | - |
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| dysplastic | (adjective) relating to or evidencing dysplasia | - |
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| dyspnea | (noun) difficult or labored respiration | Synonyms: dyspnoea |
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| dyspneal | (adjective) not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty | Synonyms: breathless, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic |
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| dyspneic | (adjective) not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty | Synonyms: breathless, dyspneal, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic |
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| dyspnoea | (noun) difficult or labored respiration | Synonyms: dyspnea |
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| dyspnoeal | (adjective) not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty | Synonyms: breathless, dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeic |
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| dyspnoeic | (adjective) not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty | Synonyms: breathless, dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal |
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| dysprosium | (noun) a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; forms compounds that are highly magnetic | Synonyms: atomic number 66, Dy |
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| dyssynergia | (noun) inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait | Synonyms: ataxia, ataxy, motor ataxia |
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| dysthymia | (noun) mild chronic depression | Synonyms: dysthymic depression |
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| dystopia | (noun) a work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror | - |
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| (noun) state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror | - |
| dystopian | (adjective) as bad as can be; characterized by human misery | - |
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| (adjective) of or pertaining to or resembling a dystopia | - |
| dystrophy | (noun) any degenerative disorder resulting from inadequate or faulty nutrition | - |
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| (noun) any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles | Synonyms: muscular dystrophy |
| dysuria | (noun) painful or difficult urination | - |
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| ecdysiast | (noun) a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music | Synonyms: exotic dancer, peeler, stripper, striptease, striptease artist, stripteaser |
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| ecdysis | (noun) periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles | Synonyms: molt, molting, moult, moulting |
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| ecdysteroid | (noun) #DD: The name 'ecdysteroid' refers to the insect moulting and sex hormones which include ecdysone and its homologues such as 20-hydroxyecdysone. | - |
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| hendiadys | (noun) use of two conjoined nouns instead of a noun and modifier | - |
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| lipochondrodystrophy | (noun) hereditary disease (autosomal recessive) consisting of an error is mucopolysaccharide metabolism; characterized by severe abnormalities in development of skeletal cartilage and bone and mental retardation | Synonyms: dysostosis multiplex, gargoylism, Hurler's disease, Hurler's syndrome |
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| odyssey | (noun) a long wandering and eventful journey | - |
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| osteodystrophy | (noun) defective bone development; usually attributable to renal disease or to disturbances in calcium and phosphorus metabolism | - |
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| pycnodysostosis | (noun) a form of dwarfism accompanied by fragile bones and bad teeth | - |
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| zooecdysone | (noun) The term 'zooecdysone' refers to the molting hormones of insects. | - |
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