diathesis

American  

[dahy-ath-uh-sis] / daɪˈæθ ə sɪs /

noun

• diatheses
  plural

1. Pathology. a constitutional predisposition or tendency, as to a particular disease or other abnormal state of the body or mind.

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diathesis British  

/ daɪˈæθɪsɪs /

noun

1. a hereditary or acquired susceptibility of the body to one or more diseases

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• diathetic
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• diatheses
  plural

Etymology

Origin of diathesis

1645–55; < New Latin < Greek diáthesis arrangement, disposition. See dia-, thesis

Example Sentences

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diathesis diatheses

In this model, diathesis represents an individual's genetic predilections; which are mightily affected by other factors, often stress-inducing, in the individual's environment.

From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2017

One most striking expression of nutritive degeneracy is hæmophilia or the diathesis of the “bleeders.”

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Eugene S. Talbot

Bleeding is seldom of much avail, but produces, occasionally, considerable loss of vital power, and augments the putrid diathesis.

From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Robert Jennings

Simple bleeding from the nose, not associated with the hemorrhagic diathesis, is not an uncommon accompaniment of the prodromal stage, and is rarely a dangerous symptom—rather the contrary.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

If, now, we except the eccentricities of Brown, comprising his system, founded on the sthenic and asthenic diathesis, we find little interruption to the general prevalence of the Cullenian system, till nearly the present juncture.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by George Dadd

The following types of disease, as connected with the two diatheses, are included in the 2,351:— diseases of the locomotory system.

From Buxton and its Medicinal Waters by Robert Ottiwell Gifford-Bennet

This explains why a frequent use of a vegetable diet offers appreciable advantages in the amelioration of arthritic diatheses so common amongst us.

From The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 The Independent Health Magazine by Charles William Daniel

Like seasons come round, and, like productiveness or unproductiveness, healthy or epidemic diatheses, attend them.

From The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes by Thomas Belden Butler

Certain effects observed in these diatheses arise from the purins, from their localisation in the system, and their vitiated metabolism.

From The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 The Independent Health Magazine by Charles William Daniel

He calls attention to the fact that the scrofulous and rachitic diatheses in childhood are sometimes accompanied by this disorder.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle