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- English Word Dynasty Definition A race or succession of kings, of the same line or family; the continued lordship of a race of rulers.
- English Word Dyne Definition The unit of force, in the C. G. S. (Centimeter Gram Second) system of physical units; that is, the force which, acting on a gram for a second, generates a velocity of a centimeter per second.
- English Word Dys- Definition An inseparable prefix, fr. the Greek / hard, ill, and signifying ill, bad, hard, difficult, and the like; cf. the prefixes, Skr. dus-, Goth. tuz-, OHG. zur-, G. zer-, AS. to-, Icel. tor-, Ir. do-.
- English Word Dysaesthesia Definition Impairment of any of the senses, esp. of touch.
- English Word Dyscrasia Definition An ill habit or state of the constitution; -- formerly regarded as dependent on a morbid condition of the blood and humors.
- English Word Dyscrasite Definition A mineral consisting of antimony and silver.
- English Word Dyscrasy Definition Dycrasia.
- English Word Dysenteric Definition Alt. of Dysenterical
- English Word Dysenterical Definition Of or pertaining to dysentery; having dysentery; as, a dysenteric patient.
- English Word Dysentery Definition A disease attended with inflammation and ulceration of the colon and rectum, and characterized by griping pains, constant desire to evacuate the bowels, and the discharge of mucus and blood.
- English Word Dysgenesic Definition Not procreating or breeding freely; as, one race may be dysgenesic with respect to another.
- English Word Dysgenesis Definition A condition of not generating or breeding freely; infertility; a form homogenesis in which the hybrids are sterile among themselves, but are fertile with members of either parent race.
- English Word Dyslogistic Definition Unfavorable; not commendatory; -- opposed to eulogistic.
- English Word Dysluite Definition A variety of the zinc spinel or gahnite.
- English Word Dyslysin Definition A resinous substance formed in the decomposition of cholic acid of bile; -- so called because it is difficult to solve.
- English Word Dysmenorrhea Definition Difficult and painful menstruation.
- English Word Dysnomy Definition Bad legislation; the enactment of bad laws.
- English Word Dysodile Definition An impure earthy or coaly bitumen, which emits a highly fetid odor when burning.
- English Word Dyspepsia Definition Alt. of Dyspepsy
- English Word Dyspepsy Definition A kind of indigestion; a state of the stomach in which its functions are disturbed, without the presence of other diseases, or, if others are present, they are of minor importance. Its symptoms are loss of appetite, nausea, heartburn, acrid or fetid eructations, a sense of weight or fullness in the stomach, etc.