dyscrasia
noun
a malfunction or abnormal condition, especially an imbalance of the constituents of the blood.
dyscrasic
-
a word derived from
dyscrasia.
Example Sentences
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The causes of inflammation may be divided into the traumatic, toxic, parasitic, infectious, dyscrasic or constitutional, and trophic.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Glandular tumors and indurations of dyscrasic origin, where any other treatment has failed, are scattered by the long-continued use of my preparation.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
His recent discovery of the bacillus of tuberculosis definitely removes the tubercular process from the group of dyscrasic or constitutional affections to that of the infective diseases.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
