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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

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

In this case, also, we find the deepest and most stubborn disturbance of the organic juices and a subject with every indication of the worst form of scrofula, ending in lethal cancer—dyscrasia or tuberculosis.

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.

The dyscrasia that gives rise to these worms, with the accompanying itching and tickling, is apt to cause a sexual excitement which may prove more disastrous than the original trouble itself.

This may result from constitutional dyscrasia, or may be associated with a defective blood supply, as when the nutrient artery is injured.

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