dys-

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dys- prefix in L. adoptions repr. Gr. dus- = Skr. dus-, Gmc. *tus- (OE. tō-, OHG. zur- (G. zer-), ON. tor-); denoting the reverse of easy, favourable, or fortunate, used in direct derivs. from Gr. and in new (chiefly scientific) formations.

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