brady- Word Origin
- a combining form meaning “slow,” used in the formation of compound words: bradytelic.
Origin of brady- Greek, combining form of bradýs slow, heavy British Dictionary definitions for brady- brady- combining form
- indicating slownessbradycardia
Word Origin for brady- from Greek bradus slow Word Origin and History for brady-
medical word-forming element meaning “slow, delayed, tardy,” from Greek bradys “slow;” e.g. bradycardia (1890), with Latinized form of Greek kardia “heart;” bradykinesia, “slow movement,” with Greek kinesis “movement, motion;” bradypnea, with Greek pneo/pnein “to breathe.”
brady- in Medicine brady- pref.
- Slow:bradycardia.