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.

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dyscrasia British  

/ dɪsˈkreɪzɪə /

noun

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

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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

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

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

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)

I consider that every dyscrasia is dependent upon a permanent supply of noxious ingredients from certain sources.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

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.