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Dys Difficult Greek Means Bad Dysphagia Swallowing Dyspnea

word DYS
meaning DYS comes from Greek, where it means “bad” or “difficult.” So dysphagia is difficult swallowing, and dyspnea is difficult or labored breathing. Dysphasia is an inability to use and understand language because of injury to or disease of the brain. Dys- is sometimes close in meaning to dis- (see DIS), but try not to confuse the two.

Tags: mwvb::root, mwvb::unit:5, mwvb::unit:5:root, obsidian_to_anki

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