dyscrasia
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Etymology
Origin of dyscrasia
1350–1400; Middle English; < Medieval Latin < Greek dyskrasía bad mixture, equivalent to dys- dys- + krâs ( is ) a mixing + -ia -ia
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So I sairched through me books for the thrue diathesis Of morbus dyscrasia tuburculous phthasis; And I boulsthered her up wid the shtrongest av tonics.
From The Wit of Women Fourth Edition by Sanborn, Kate
But the most interesting consideration that we have to deal with is the question of the supposed relations of the rheumatic and the gouty diatheses, and the syphilitic dyscrasia, to the neuralgic tendency.
From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.
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)
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
This may result from constitutional dyscrasia, or may be associated with a defective blood supply, as when the nutrient artery is injured.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
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