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brady-

 
a combining form meaning “slow,” used in the formation of compound words: bradytelic.
Origin:
< Greek, combining form of bradýs slow, heavy
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brady-
 
—combining form
indicating slowness: bradycardia
 
[from Greek bradus slow]

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brady-
medical prefix, from Gk. bradys "slow;" e.g. bradycardia (1890), with Gk. kardia "heart;" bradykinesia, "slow movement," with Gk. kinesis "movement, motion;" bradypnea, with Gk. pneo/pnein "to breathe."
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brady- pref.
Slow: bradycardia.

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