PREFIXES, 473 



forming one of the three ligaments which connect the cricoid and 

 thyroid cartilages. 



cysto-, sis'if'd (Gr. kustis, a bladder), denoting connection with the 

 bladder ; as c*/so-lithiasis, urinary calculus disease. 



dacryo-, dak'-ri-o (Gr. dakrfi, a tear, dakrtios, of a tear), denoting 

 connection with the lachrymal apparatus ; as dacn/o-adenalgia, pain 

 or disease of the lachrymal gland. 



de (L. ), down ; from ; separation : decide, to cut down ; degrade, to 

 put a step down ; demand, to order from ; depose, to put down. 



deca, d$k r >a (Gr. deka), ten ; as decagon, a figure having ten equal 

 angles and sides. 



dermo-, derm'o, dermat-, derm' at, and dermato- (Gr. derma, skin), 

 denoting connection with the skin ; as dermafo-pathia, a suggested 

 term for disease of the skin. 



deut-, dut, and deuto-, dut-o (Gr. deuteros, second), denoting * two ' or 

 'double, 'as the combinations of two equivalents of oxygen with a metal: 

 dewtoxide, a substance in the second degree of oxydation, that is, a 

 substance containing two equivalents of oxygen to one of another body. 



dia, dl f -d (Gr. dia, through from duo, two), two ; through ; asunder : 

 dialogue, a conversation between two ; diaphanous, letting light 

 through ; diameter, the measure through the centre. 



dis, dis, with its forms di and dif (L. and Gr. dis, twice, in two parts), 

 not ; the opposite of ; asunder or apart ; two : disagree, the opposite 

 of agree ; dispel, to drive asunder ; dispose, to place asunder ; 

 disrelish, not to relish ; dissyllable, a word of two syllables ; 

 disannul, to render null dis being only intensive : dis becomes di 

 before s, v, etc., as disperse, to spread asunder ;" divert, to turn 

 aside or apart : dif before f, as diffuse, to pour apart ; differ, to 

 bear apart. 



dorso-, ddrs'6 (L. dorsum, the back), denoting connection with the 

 back; as dorso-cervical, designating a region situated at the back 

 part of the neck. 



duo-, du'-o (L. duo, two), denoting the second or duplicate ; as 

 dwo-sternal, denoting the second bone or gladiolus of the sternum. 



dys, dis (Gr. dus, with difficulty, bad), an inseparable prefix, denoting 

 badly ; with difficulty ; hard ; opposed to Gr. eu, well : d^/scrasia, 

 an ill habit of body. 



e is a form of L. ex, and ec a form of Gr. ex, which see. 



electro-, e-lek'-tro (Gr. electron, amber), denoting connection with the 

 phenomena of electricity or galvanism ; as etoro-biology, the doctrine 

 which treats of the influence of electricity on life. 



en (AS. ; F. ), to make ; to surround : e/zable, to make able ; ewnoble, to 

 make noble : en becomes em before b or p, as embezzle, to make as 

 one's own what belongs to another ; employ, to make use of ; 

 embrace, to surround as with the arms. 



en (F. en; L. in; Gr. en; AS. em, in), in ; on ; into : encage, to put 

 into a cage ; enclose, to close in ; ewkindle, to set on fire : en 

 becomes em before b or p, as e?ftbalm, to put into balsam ; embosom, 

 to hold or enclose in the bosom ; empale, to drive a stake into : en 

 or em from the Greek, and used as a prefix in words derived from 

 the Greek, as ewdemic, on the people ; energy, work or power in : 

 e?7iphasis, a speaking with the force of the voice on : some words are 

 written indifferently with en or in, as enclose or ircclose. 



