Caco-, Kako- Words: “alexicacon” to “kakistocracy”
caco-, cac-, kako-, kak- (Greek: bad, harsh, wrong, evil; incorrect; unpleasant; poor; used most of the time as a prefix).
alexicacon, alexikakon:
A preservative against evil; a safeguard against bad.
cacaerometer:
Measuring bad air.
cacaesthesia, cacesthesia, kakesthesia:
Abnormal dysfunctional sensations on the skin; such as, a feeling of numbness, tingling, prickling, or a burning or cutting pain; heightened sensitivity. Also, dysesthesia and paresthesia.
cacergasia, kakergasia:
The malfunctioning of the functions and reactions of the total individual in contradistinction to the functions of individual organs or parts of the human organism.
cachectic:
Relating to or suffering from cachexia.
cachexia, cachexy:
1. A state of ill health, malnutrition, and wastng. It may occur in many chronic diseases, certain malignancies, and advanced pulmonary tuberculosis.
2. A general weight loss and wasting occurring in the course of a chronic disease or emotional disturbance.
3. A chronic catabolic state, associated with certain infections and malignancies, characterized by weight loss that continues despite the consumption of an adequate diet.
cacidrosis, kakidrosis:
Sweat that is fetid or offensive due to bacterial decomposition. It occurs mostly on the feet, in the groin, and under the arms.
cacochylous:
A reference to bad chyle or difficult digestion.
cacodemon, cacodaemon, cacodemonia:
1. An evil spirit or demon.
2. A name for nightmare.
cacodemoniac:
One possessed with an evil spirit.
cacodemonomania:
A delusion that one is, or is about to be inhabited by or possessed of, a devil or some evil spirit (demon).
cacodermia:
Bad skin; i.e., a condition in which one has a pimply or rough skin.
cacodontia, cacodentia, cacodental:
Having bad or malformed teeth.
cacodorous:
Ill-smelling, malodorous.
cacodox:
Holding what is considered to be wrong or evil opinions, teachings, or doctrines.
cacodoxy, cacodoxian, cacodoxical:
Wrong opinion or doctrine; heterodoxy.
cacoëthes, cacoethes [KAK oh EE theez]:
1. A bad habit, incurable itch to do something, insatiable urge or desire.
2. A very bad habit, an obstinate or malignant disease.
cacoëthes carpendi, cacoethes carpendi:
A compulsion to criticize or find fault.
cacoëthesl oquendi, cacoethes loquendi:
An insatiable urge to talk.
cacoëthes scribendi, cacoethes scribendi:
An incurable itch, or drive, to write.
cacoëthic, cacoethic:
Obstinate or malignant.
cacogastric:
1. Troubled with bad digestion.
2. Having a deranged stomach.
cacogenesis:
1. The inability of two species to produce viable offspring.
2. Morbid or depraved formation; a monstrosity, a morbid pathological product.
cacogenic:
Giving rise to a deteriorated race or offspring.
cacogenics:
The breeding of a weak race; the opposite of eugenics.
cacogeusia:
1. An unpleasant taste in the mouth.
2. A bad taste due to a bad-tasting substance, uncinate epilepsy, or a delusion.
3. A bad taste; a frequent complaint in idiopathic epilepsy, in patients receiving tranquilizer therapy, and in somatic delusional states.
cacographer:
A bad speller or bad grammatical writer or bad penmanship.
cacographic:
A reference to a bad speller or a bad writer (grammatically and stylistically).
cacography:
1. Bad writing; bad handwriting; opposed to calligraphy.
2. Incorrect spelling; a bad system of spelling, such as that of current English; an antonym of orthography.
cacohydrophobia:
1. A fear of bad water.
2. An abnormal fear of sewer water.
cacolalia:
The involuntary use of vulgar or obscene words, seen in some schizophrenics who play with words as though they were feces.
cacology:
1. Bad speaking or pronunciation; bad diction.
2. Defectively produced speech; socially unacceptable diction.
3. A bad choice of words or incorrect pronunciation.
cacomelia:
Congenital deformity of one or more limbs.
cacomorphosis:
Having bad formation or shaping.
caconym, caconymy:
1. An example of bad nomenclature or terminology; especially, in biology and botany.
2. The wrong name for something; especially, in the classification of plants and animals.
3. A name, especially a taxonomic name, that is considered linguistically undesirable.
cacopathy, cacopathia:
1. A Hippocratic designation for a severe mental disorder.
2. An old term for a severe affliction or malady.
cacophemism
The substitution of an offensive term for one considered to be inoffensive (the antonym of euphemism).
cacophonic, cacophonia, cacophonical:
Bad or terrible sounds.
cacophonophilist:
Someone who likes to listen to harsh sounds.
cacophonous:
1. Having a harsh or unpleasant sound.
2. Sounding loud, jarring, and unpleasant.
cacophony:
1. The quality of having bad sounds; the use of harsh-sounding words or phrases; the opposite of euphony.
2. The use of harsh unpleasant sounds in language, e.g., for literary effect.
3. A discordant combination of sounds, dissonance; an unpleasant combination of loud, often jarring, sounds.
cacophrenic:
Having a mental illness.
cacophoria:
A generalized feeling of unhappiness.
cacoplastic, cacoplasia:
1. Relating to or causing abnormal growth.
2. Incapable of normal or perfect formation.
3. Imperfectly organized, of imperfect structure.
cacopsia:
Bad eyesight or bad vision of any kind.
cacorhythmic:
In bad rhythm; also formerly applied to an irregular or disorderly pulse.
cacorrhaphiaphobia:
A fear of failure; a dread of bad planning.
cacorrhinia:
Having a badly shaped nose.
cacosmia, kakosmia:
1. An unpleasant odor.
2. A subjective perception of a disagreeable odor.
cacosomnia:
Sleeplessness; unable to sleep.
cacospectamania:
An obsession of staring at something which is repulslive.
cacosphyxy:
A bad or irregular state of the pulse.
cacosthenics:
A condition of weakness; lacking strength.
cacosyntheton, cacosintheton:
The improper placing of words, as when an adjective improperly follows a noun or when there is any other unpleasing order of words.
cacotechny:
Bad art; a mischievous or harmful art.
cacothanasia:
A bad death.
cacothesis:
A bad or faulty position of any part of the body.
cacotrophy, kakotrophy:
Imperfect or disordered nutrition.
cacotropia:
The condition of having bad habits.
cacothymia:
Any mental affection with depravation of the morals. From A dictionary of Psychological Healing, by D.H. Tuke, 1892.
cacotopia:
1. A bad place.
2. A situation at a certain place in which everything is as bad as it can be.
cacotype:
A faulty or imperfect description in print.
kakistocracy, kakistocratical:
The government of a state by the worst citizens.