| dysphagocytosis | Disordered phagocytosis, especially failure of cells to ingest and digest bacteria. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| dysphagy | <medicine> Difficulty in swallowing. Origin: NL. Dysphagia, fr. Gr. Ill, hard + to eat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dysphasia | Language disorder. Inability to speak words which one has in mind or to think of correct words, or inability to understand spoken or written words. Symptom common to tumours of the dominant cerebral hemisphere, particularly the frontal, temporal and parietal lobes. (16 Dec 1997) |
| dysphemia | Disordered phonation, articulation, or hearing due to emotional or mental deficits. Origin: dys-+ G. Pheme, speech (05 Mar 2000) |
| dysphonia | Altered voice production. Origin: dys-+ G. Phone, voice Dysphonia plicae ventricularis, phonation with the ventricular bands rather than with the vocal cords. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dysphonia spastica | A spasmodic contraction of the intrinsic muscles of the larynx excited by attempted phonation, producing either adductor or abductor subtypes caused by central nervous system disease. A localised form of movement disorder. Synonym: phonic spasm, spastic dysphonia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dysphonia, spasmodic | Involves the muscles of the throat that control speech. Also called spastic dysphonia or laryngeal dystonia, it causes strained and difficult speaking or breathy and effortful speech. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dysphony | <medicine> A difficulty in producing vocal sounds; enfeebled or depraved voice. Origin: NL. Dysphonia, Gr.; ill, hard + sound, voice: cf. F. Dysphonie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dysphoria | <symptom> Excessive pain, anguish, agitation) disquiet, restlessness, malaise. (18 Nov 1997) |
| dysphrasia | Synonym: dysphasia. Origin: dys-+ G. Phrasis, speaking (05 Mar 2000) |
| dysphylaxia | A form of insomnia marked by awakening too early. Origin: dys-+ G. Phylaxis, watching (05 Mar 2000) |
| dyspigmentation | Any abnormality in the formation or distribution of pigment, especially in the skin; usually applied to an abnormal reduction in pigmentation (depigmentation). (05 Mar 2000) |
| dyspinealism | An obsolete term for the syndrome supposed to result from the deficiency of pineal gland secretion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dyspituitarism | The complex of phenomena due to excessive or deficient secretion by the pituitary gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dysplasia | <embryology> Abnormality of development, in pathology, alteration in size, shape and organisation of adult cells. Origin: Gr. Plassein = to form (18 Nov 1997) |