dyscrasia

American

[dis-krey-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh] / dɪsˈkreɪ ʒə, -ʒi ə, -zi ə /

noun

Pathology.

a malfunction or abnormal condition, especially an imbalance of the constituents of the blood.

dyscrasia British

/ dɪsˈkreɪzɪə /

noun

obsolete any abnormal physiological condition, esp of the blood

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Origin of dyscrasia

1350–1400; Middle English; < Medieval Latin < Greek dyskrasía bad mixture, equivalent to dys- dys- + krâs ( is ) a mixing + -ia -ia

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