~ DYS~  id+ | PAINFUL  DIFFICULT  BAD  ABNORMAL |
        id+ | prefix for BELOW NORM or NOT OPTIMAL |
        id+ | LACKING or AWAY FROM NORMALITY or A NORM |
  combining form found in numerous words eg
  DISease   DISgrace  DISharmony
  med> DYS or DIS point to many terms implying
       ABNORMAL or AWAY for NORM or AWAY for OPTIMUM as per
  DISEASE points to DIMINISHED see> HOMEOSTASIS
  DISABILITY        DIMINISHED MENTAL or PHYSICAL STATUS
  DYSARTHRIA        DIS ARTICULATED SPEECH or JOINTS
  DYSCRASIA         ALTERED TEMPERAMENT CHARACTER or
                    CONSTITUTION formerly
                    ABNORMAL MIX or PROPORTIONS OF
                    THE FOUR HUMORS
  DYSFUNCTION       ACTION
  DYSGENESIS        ORIGIN
  DYSGRAPHIA        ALTERED CARVING or WRITTING
  DYSKINESIA        ALTERED MOTION
  DYSLALIA          ABNORMAL UTTERANCES
  DYSLEXIA          IMPAIRED READING
  DYSLOGIA          IMPAIRED LOGIC or THINKING
  DYSMORPHIC        MALFORMED as per ABNORMAL MORPHOLOGY
  DYSPEPSIA         DIGESTION
  DYSPNEA           CONSCIOUS RESPIRATION
  DYSPHONIA         ALTERED VOICE erroneously applied to
                    ALTERED SPEECH
  DYSPHORIA         ALTERED EMOTION or AGITATION
  DYSTOCIA          ALTERED LOCATION
  DYSTROPHIA        NATURE NURTURE
  DYSURIA           ABNORMAL or PAINFUL URINATION
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