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dyscrasia

[ dis-krey-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh ]

noun

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


dyscrasia

/ dɪsˈkreɪzɪə /

noun

  1. obsolete.
    any abnormal physiological condition, esp of the blood
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • dys·crasi·al dys·cras·ic [dis-, kraz, -ik, -, kras, -], dys·cratic adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dyscrasia1

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

Origin of dyscrasia1

C19: New Latin, from Medieval Latin: an imbalance of humours, from Greek, from dys- + -krasia, from krasis a mixing
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Example Sentences

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

The dyscrasia may also represent modifications in the relative proportion of the normal constituents of the blood.

Let that child be vaccinated, and let the syphilitic dyscrasia afterward break forth.

The influence of alcoholic liquors in the production of gouty dyscrasia is generally acknowledged.

Greenhow8 of London first called attention to the frequency with which chronic bronchitis is associated with the gouty dyscrasia.

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