Dysideidae 
Dysideidae (dis-i-de'i-de), >i. i>l. [NL., < Dysi- 
aea, + -idee.} A family of fibrous sponges. 
dysidrosis (dis-i-dro'sis), n. [NL., < Or. dva-, 
luml, + idpuf, sweat, perspiration, <Iof (^ "a fid) 
= E. sweat.] A disease of the sweat-follicles, 
in which they become distended with the re- 
tained secretion. 
(lysis (di'sis), n. [ML., also disis, < Or. dvote, 
setting of the sun or stars (dime '//./on, the west), 
< dictv, sink, dive, set.] In astral., the seventh 
house of the heavens, which relates to love, 
litigation, etc. 
dyskinesia (dis-ki-ne'si-ii), . [NL., < Gr. 
ovamviioia, < (5t)f-, hard, + idwiai;, movement, < 
Ktveiv, move.] In pathol., impaired power of 
voluntary movement. 
dyslalia (dis-la'li-a), n. [NL., < Gr. dva-, hard, 
+ Aa'/.elv, speak.] In pathol., difficulty of iitter- 
ance dependent on malformation or imperfect 
innervation of the tongue and other organs of 
articulation ; slow or difficult speech. 
dyslexia (dis-lek'si-a), . [NL., < Gr. dva-, hard, 
+ Xffif, a speaking, speech, word: see lexicon.'} 
See the extract. 
Dr. Ii. Berlin . . . describes under the name dyslexia 
a novel psychic affection related to " alexia," or word- 
blimlness, hut differing from it in tiiat the patients can 
read a few lines, hut apparently get no sense from their 
reading and give it up in despair. 
Ainer. Jour, Psychol., I. 548. 
dyslogistic (dis-lo-jis'tik), a. [< dyslogy + 
-istic (after eulogistic, < eulogy). Cf. Gr. 6va\6- 
ycTTOf, hard to compute, also ill-calculating, 
misguided.] Conveying censure, disapproval, 
or opprobrium ; censorious ; opprobrious. 
Ask Reus for the motive which gave birth to the prose- 
cution on the part of Actor ; the motive of course is the 
most odious that can be found : desire of gain, if it be ft 
case which opens a door to gain ; if not, enmity, though 
not under that neutral and nnimpassioned, but under the 
name of revenge or malice, or some other such dyslogistic 
name. Benlham, Judicial Evidence, 1. 8. 
Any respectable scholar, even if dyslogistic were new to 
him, would see at a glance that duhyiitie must be a mis- 
take for it, and that the right word must be the reverse 
of eulogistic. The paternity of di/sloffiitic no bantling, 
but now almost a centenarian is adjudged to that ge- 
nius of common-sense, Jeremy Bentham. 
F. Halt, Mod. Eng., p. 309. 
Gossips came to mean Intimate friends ; next, gossip 
meant the light, familiar talk of such friends; and, final- 
ly, with a dfubgtlMo connotation, any frivolous conversa- 
tion. W. K. Meant, Aryan Household, p. 291. 
dyslogistically (dis-lo-jis'ti-kal-i), adv. In 
dyslogistic manner ; so as to convey censu 
or disapproval. 
Accordingly he (Kant] is set down as a " Transcenden- 
talist," and all the loose connotation of that term, as it is 
now dyslogiitically employed among us, is thought to be 
applicable to him. T. ft. Green, in Academy. 
dyslogy (dis'lo-ji), n. [< Gr. 6va- ; bad, ill, + 
-/oj/a, < Myetv, speak; after Gr. evkoyia, E. eu- 
logy, of opposite meaning.] Dispraise : the op- 
posite of eulogy. 
In the way of eulogy and dyelogy and summing-up of 
character there may doubtless ne a great many things set 
forth concerning this Mirabeau. Carli/lr, Misc., IV. 117. 
dysluite (dis'ltf-it), n. [< Gr. dva-, hard, + 
M'ftv, loosen, + -ite 2 .] A name given to a va- 
riety of gahnite, or zinc-spinel, from Sussex 
county, New Jersey, containing a small per- 
centage of manganese : so named because diffi- 
cult to dissolve. 
dysmenorrhea, dysmenorrhcea (dis-men-o- 
re'ii), . [NL. dysmenorrhcea, < Or. div-, hard, 
+ IIT/V, a mouth, + poia, a flowing.] In pathol., 
difficult or laborious menstruation ; catamenial 
discharges accompanied with much local pain, 
especially in the loins. 
dysmenorrheal, dysmenorrhceal (dis-men-o- 
re'al),n. \_<dysincHi>rrhv<i,dyniHeiiorrhaiu, + -al'.] 
Of, pertaining to, or connected with dysmen- 
orrhea : as, the iysHUHorrkttA membrane which 
is sometimes discharged from the uterus. 
dysmerism (dis'rae-nzm), n. [< Gr. duo-, bad, 
+ fiipof, part (division), + -im.] An aggre- 
gation of unlike parts; a process or result of 
dysmerogenesis ; a kind of merism opposed to 
dysmeristic (dis-me-ris'tik), a. [As dysmer- 
tsm + -ist-tc.] Having the character or quality 
of dysmerism; irregularly repeated in a se't 
of more or less unlike parts whose relations to 
one another, or origin one from another, is dis- 
guised ; dysmerogenetic : opposed to ciimeris- 
lic. Sec- extract under dijKmeroijriicitin. 
dysmerogenesis (dis"me-ro-jen'e-sis), n. [NL., 
< tir. (W-, l>:id, + ,f/)0f, part (division), + j/rf- 
aif, generation.] The genesis, origination, or 
production of many unlike parts, or of parts 
in irregular series or at irregular times, which 
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together form an integral whole ; dysmeristic 
generation ; repetition of forms with adaptive 
modification or functional specialization; a 
kind of merogenesis opposed to eumerogenesis. 
The tendency to bud formation . . . has all along acted 
concurrently with a powerful synthetic tendency, so that 
new units have from the flrst made but a gradual and dis- 
guised appearance. Tills is dytmeroyenexit. and such ag- 
gregates as exhibit It may be called ilyimeratic. 
Encyc. Brit., XII. 555. 
dysmerogenetic (dis'me-rW^-net'ik), a. [< 
dysmerogenesis, after genetic.] Produced by or 
resulting from dysmerogenesis; characterized 
by or exhibiting dysmerism ; dysmeristic : op- 
posed to eunifrogenetic. 
dysmeromorph (dis'me-ro-m6rf ) ; it. [< Gr. dva-, 
bad, + fitpo^, part (see dysmerism), + /topijiri, 
shape.] An organic form resulting from dys- 
merogenesis; a dysmeristic organism : opposed 
to ewneromorph. 
Synthesized eumeromorph simulates normal dysniero- 
niorph ; analysized dytmeromorph simulates normal eu- 
roeromorph. Encyc. Brit., XII. 555. 
dysmeromorphic (dis'me-ro-mdr'fik), a. [< 
dysmeromorph + -ic.] Having the character 
or quality of a dysmeromorph ; dysmerogenet- 
ie or dysmeristic in form: opposed to eumero- 
morphic. 
dysnomy (dis'no-mi), n. [< Gr. dvovo/tia, law- 
lessness, a bad constitution, < dvavouoc., lawless, 
< dva-, bad, + v6/wf, law.] Bad legislation; 
the enactment of bad laws. 
dysodile (dis'o-dil), n. [< Gr. dvaodw, ill- 
smelling (< dva-, ill, + 6$etv, smell, akin to L. 
odor, smell), + -ile.] A kind of greenish- or 
yellowish-gray coal occurring in masses made 
up of foliaceous layers, which when burning 
emits a very fetid odor. It is a product of the de- 
composition of combined vegetable and animal matters. 
It was first observed at Melill in Sicily, and has also been 
found at several places In Germany and France. 
dysodont (dis'o-dont), a. [< NL. dysodon(t-)s, 
< Gr. dva-, bad, + odovf (bdowr-) = E. tooth.] In 
conch., having obsolete or irregular hinge-teeth ; 
specifically, of or pertaining to the Dysodonta. 
Dysodonta (dis-o-don'ta,), n. pi. [NL., pi. of 
dysodont: see dysodont.] A group or order of 
bivalve mollusks having obsolete or irregular 
hinge-teeth, muscular impressions unequal or 
reduced to one, and pallia! line entire. It cor- 
responds to the Monomyaria. 
Dysodus (dis'o-dus), n. [NL., irreg. < Gr. 
ova-, bad, + odovf = E. tooth.] A generic name 
bestowed by Cope upon the Japanese pug- 
dog, called Dysodus pravus, characterized by 
such degradation of the dentition that there 
may be in all but 1C teeth (no incisors, 1 ca- 
nine in each half -jaw, 1 premolar and 1 molar in 
each upper, and 2 premolars and 2 molars in 
each lower half-jaw), thus exemplifying actual 
evolution of a generic form by "artificial se- 
lection " of comparatively few years' duration. 
dysootocia (dis-o-o-to'si-a), n. [NL.. < Gr. dva-, 
fll, + aoTOKta, a laying of "eggs, < oro/tof, laying 
eggs, < (f6v (= L. ovum), egg, + TIKTCIV, TCKCIV, 
produce, bear.] In zool., difficult ovulation. 
dysopia (dis-6'pi-a), it. [NL., < Gr. dvauiria, 
confusion of face"(taken in the def. in another 
sense), < dva-, bad, ill, + tity (UTT-), eye, face.] 
Same as dysopsia. 
dysopsia (dis-op'si-a), n. [NL.. < Gr. dva-, bad, 
T o^ic, view, sight.] In pathol., painful or 
defective vision. 
dysopsy (dis-op'si), n. [< Gr. dva-, bad, ill, + 
o^if, sight.] Same as di/sopsia. 
dysorexia (dis-o-rek'si-a), . [NL., < Gr. dva- 
opel-ia, feebleness of appetite, < dva-, bad, + 
6/>tf <f, appetite.] In pathol., a depraved or fail- 
ing appetite. 
dysorexy (dis'o-rek-si), n. Same as dysorexia. 
dyspareunia (dis-pa-r8'ni-a), . [NL., < Gr. 
ova-, hard, + K&pewoc., lying beside, < irap&, be- 
side, + c vvfi, bed.] In pathol., inability to per- 
form the sexual act without pain : usually ap- 
plied to females. 
dyspepsia (dis-pep'sia), n. [Also dyspepgy; = 
F. ayspepsie = Sp. It. dispcpsia = Pg. dyspepsia, 
< L. dyspe]>sia, < Gr. Svaire^ia, indigestion, < div- 
ireirrof, nard to digest, < dva-, hard, + irenrof, 
verbal adj. of ireirrttv, ripen, soften, cook, digest, 
= L. coijucre, cook : see cook 1 .] Impaired power 
of digestion. The term is applied with a certain free- 
dum to all forms of gastric derangement, whether involv- 
ing impaired power of digestion or not. But It is usually 
di.si-urdi-d when MOM more definite diagnosis can be made, 
as gastric cancer, gastric ulcer, gastritis, gastrect&sia, or 
1 i it daptndi on poisonous ingesta or appears as a 
dysteleological 
which may Involve a diminished or an excessive secretion 
of the gastric juice, or diminished or excessive acidity In 
that secretion, or an irritability of the stomach-walls or 
an Impairment of their motor functions, and which ap- 
pears to depend on some defect In the innervation of th<< 
stomach, and not on some grosser lesion. 
dyspepsy (dis-pep'si), 11. Same as dyspepsia. 
dyspeptic (dis-pep'tik), a. and n. [= F. dys- 
l>(l>tn/ii( , < Gr. as if *(5wnrf;rmof, < dvairc^la, 
dyspepsia: see dyspepsia.] I. a. 1. Pertaining 
to or of the nature of dyspepsia: as, a dyspeptic 
complaint. 2. Suffering from or afflicted with 
dyspepsia or indigestion : as, a dyspeptic person. 
3. Characteristic of one afflicted with chron- 
ic dyspepsia; hence, bilious ; morbid; "blue"; 
pessimistic; misanthropic: as, a dyspeptic view 
or opinion. 
IT. n. A person afflicted with dyspepsia. 
dyspeptical (dis-pep'ti-kal), a. [< dyspeptic + 
-alT] Troubled with dyspepsia ; hence, inclined 
to morbid or pessimistic views of things. 
How seldom will the outward capability lit the Inward ; 
though talented wouderfully enough, we are poor, un- 
friended, dyspeptical, bashful ; nay, what Is worse than 
all, we are foolish. Carlyle, Sartor Resartus, p. S3. 
dysphagia (dis-fa'ji-a), it. [NL., < Gr. as if 
*6va$ayia, < ova-, hard, + ipaytlv, eat.] In pathol., 
difficulty in swallowing. Also dysphagy. 
dysphagic (dis-faj'ik), a. Pertaining to, of the 
nature of, or affected with dysphagia. 
dysphagy (dis'fa-ji), . [= P. dysphagie; < NL. 
dysphagia : see dysphagia.] Same as dysphagia. 
dysphonia (dis-fo'ni-ii), . [NL., < Gr. dva- 
Quvia, roughness of sound, < dvaipuvof, ill-sound- 
ing, < dva-, ill, + Quvii, sound.] la. pathol., dif- 
ficulty in producing vocal sounds. 
dysphony (dis'fo-ni), it. [= F. dysphonie; < NL. 
dysphonta : see dysphonia.] Same as dysphonia. 
dysphoria (dis-fo'ri-a), n. [NL., < Gr. dvaipopia, 
pain hard to be borne, anguish, < di-ai/apof, hard 
to bear, < dva-, hard, + -<t>opof, < Qcpeiv = E. 
bear 1 .] lupathol., impatience under affliction ; 
a state of dissatisfaction, restlessness, fidget- 
ing, or inquietude. 
dysphuistic (dis-fu-is'tik), a. [< dys-, bad, + 
-pliuistic as in euphuistic, q. v.] Ill-sounding; 
inelegant. 
Of A Lover's Complaint ... I have only space or need 
to remark that it contains two of the most exquisitely 
Shakespearean verses ever vouchsafed to us by Shake- 
speare, and two of the most execrably euphuistic or dyi- 
phuisttc lines ever inflicted on us by man. 
Swinburne, Shakespeare, p. 62. 
dyspnoea (disp-ne'a), n. [L., < Gr. dvoirvoia, 
difficulty of breathing, < ivairvoof, scant of 
breath, short-breathed, < dva-, hard, + -n-wiof ; 
cf. itvoij, breathing, < irvelv, breathe.] In pa- 
thol., difficulty of breathing ; difficult or labored 
respiration. 
dyspnoeal (disp-ne'al), a. [< dyspncea + -a*.] 
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of dyspnoea ; 
connected with dyspnoea. 
dyspnoeic (disp-ne'ik), a. [< L. dyspnoicus, n., 
one short of breath, < Gr. dvairvoinof, short of 
breath, < dvairvoia, dyspncea: see dyspncea.] 
Affected with or resulting from dyspnosa ; dysp- 
noeal. 
dysporomorph (dis'po-ro-m6rf), . One of the 
Dysporomorphce. 
Dysporomorphse (dis'po-ro-mdr'fe), n. pi. 
[NL., < Dysporus + Gr. /top^, form.] In Hux- 
ley's system of classification (1867), a division 
of desmognathous birds, exactly corresponding 
to the Steganopodes, Totipalmati, or oar-footed 
natatorial birds. They have all four toes webbed, 
the oil-gland surmounted by a circlet of feathers, the 
sternum broad and truncate posteriorly, the mandibular 
angle truncate, the maxillopalatines large and spongy, 
the united palatines carinate, and no basipterygoid pro- 
cesses. The division includes the pelicans, ganneta, cor- 
morants, frigates, darters, and tropic-birds. 
steganopodous. 
Dysporus (dis'po-rus), n. [NL. (Illiger, 1811 : 
so called with reference to the closure or oblit- 
eration of the nostrils), < Gr. dvajropos, hard to 
pass, difficult, < dva-, hard, -1- ro>oc, passage.] 
A genus of gannets : same as Sula. it is often 
separated from Sula to designate the brown gannets, as 
the booby, D. fiber, as distinguished from the white ones, 
as S. bassana. ' 
dyssycus (di-si'kus), . ; pi. dyssyci (-si)- [NL., 
' Gr. dva-, bad, + OVKOV, a fig. j Haeekel's name 
for a form of sponge also called rhagon. 
dysteleological (dis-tel'e-o-loj'i-kal), o. [< 
ili/s/i Imloiiy + -ical.] Purposeless; without de- 
sign; having no "final cause" for being; not 
teleological. 
