dyscrasia

American  

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

noun

Pathology.

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

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dyscrasia British  

/ dɪsˈkreɪzɪə /

noun

1. obsolete any abnormal physiological condition, esp of the blood

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Other Word Forms

• dyscrasial adjective
• dyscrasic adjective
• dyscratic adjective

Etymology

Origin of dyscrasia

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

Example Sentences

Inflammatory complications are usually due to undue traumatism at the time of the inoculation, to injury of the pock, or to the previous existence of a cutaneous disease or of some dyscrasia.

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In this case, also, we find the deepest and most stubborn disturbance of the organic juices and a subject with every indication of the worst form of scrofula, ending in lethal cancer—dyscrasia or tuberculosis.

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He attributes the simultaneous occurrence of these conditions to some blood dyscrasia, uric acid, or the like, affecting the two most used sets of muscles and organs, the legs and the vocal cords.

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The dyscrasia that gives rise to these worms, with the accompanying itching and tickling, is apt to cause a sexual excitement which may prove more disastrous than the original trouble itself.

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This may result from constitutional dyscrasia, or may be associated with a defective blood supply, as when the nutrient artery is injured.

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