| dysmnesic syndrome | <syndrome> May occur as a sequel to chronic alcohol abuse. Features include personality changes, confabulation, psychosis, disorientation, polyneuritis, insomnia and hallucinations. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| dysmorphia | Abnormality of shape. Synonym: dysmorphia. Origin: G. Dysmorphia, badness of form (05 Mar 2000) |
| dysmorphic feature | A body characteristic that is abnormally formed. A malformed ear, for example, is a dysmorphic feature. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dysmorphism | Abnormality of shape. Synonym: dysmorphia. Origin: G. Dysmorphia, badness of form (05 Mar 2000) |
| dysmorphogenesis | The process of abnormal tissue formation. Origin: dys-+ G. Morphe, form, + genesis, production (05 Mar 2000) |
| dysmorphology | Term coined by the late Dr. David W. Smith for the study of malformations. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dysmorphophobia | Synonym: body dysmorphic disorder. Origin: dys-+ G. Morphe, form, + phobos, fear (05 Mar 2000) |
| dysmyelinating disease | <radiology> Abnormal formation or maintenance of myelin enzymatic defect: infants and young kids, metachromatic leukodystrophy, aryl sulfatase A deficiency, CT: decreased density throughout white matter, adrenoleukodystrophy, males: X-linked recessive, CT: decreased density in posterior white matter, other leukodystrophies, Canavan, Krabbe, Alexander, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher, Cockayne see also:, white-matter disease, demyelinating disease (12 Dec 1998) |
| dysmyelination | Improper laying down or breakdown of a myelin sheath of a nerve fibre, caused by abnormal myelin metabolism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dysmyotonia | Abnormal muscular tonicity (either hyper-or hypo-). See: dystonia. Origin: dys-+ G. Mys, muscle, + tonos, tension, tone (05 Mar 2000) |
| dysnystaxis | A condition of half sleep. Synonym: light sleep. Origin: dys-+ G. Nystaxis, drowsiness (05 Mar 2000) |
| dysodile | <chemical> An impure earthy or coaly bitumen, which emits a highly fetid odour when burning. Origin: Gr. Ill smell, from ill-smelling; ill, bad + to smell. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dysodontiasis | Difficulty or irregularity in the eruption of the teeth. Origin: dys-+ G. Odous, tooth, + -iasis, condition (05 Mar 2000) |
| dysontogenesis | Defective embryonic development. Origin: dys-+ G. On, being, + genesis, origin (05 Mar 2000) |
| dysontogenetic | Characterised by dysontogenesis. (05 Mar 2000) |