diathesis

American

[dahy-ath-uh-sis] / daɪˈæθ ə sɪs /

noun

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

diathesis British

/ ˌdaɪəˈθɛtɪk, daɪˈæθɪsɪs /

noun

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

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Derived Forms

diathetic

adjective

Inflected Forms

noun

diatheses

plural

Etymology

Origin of diathesis

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

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