Etymology

dysmorphia

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Ancient Greek δυσμορφίᾱ
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromδυσμορφίᾱ“misshapenness, ugliness”
  2. English todaydysmorphia

From Ancient Greek δυσμορφίᾱ (dusmorphíā, “misshapenness, ugliness”), from δυσ- (dus-, “bad, mal-”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “shape, form”) + -ίᾱ (-íā). Note that sense 2 is a semantic extension from "physical deformity" to a disorder of the perception of one’s bodily form. By surface analysis, dys- + -morph + -ia.

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