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.

---

dyscrasia British  

/ dɪsˈkreɪzɪə /

noun

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

---

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

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.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

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.

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

Clinical Materia Medica,"~ third edition, page 141: "The various constitutions or dyscrasia underlying chronic and acute affections are, indeed, very numerous.

From Nature Cure by Lindlahr, Henry

As regards the relation of the syphilitic dyscrasia to neuralgia, I agree in general with Eulenburg.

From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.

This form of mental dyscrasia is much more frequent than people suppose, and the antecedents of shop-lifters and the like should be carefully examined before a judgment on their criminality is passed.

From Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire by Weir, James