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diathesis
[ dahy-ath-uh-sis ]
noun
, plural di·ath·e·ses [dahy-, ath, -, uh, -seez].
- Pathology. a constitutional predisposition or tendency, as to a particular disease or other abnormal state of the body or mind.
diathesis
/ ˌdaɪəˈθɛtɪk; daɪˈæθɪsɪs /
noun
- a hereditary or acquired susceptibility of the body to one or more diseases
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Derived Forms
- diathetic, adjective
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Other Words From
- di·a·thet·ic [dahy-, uh, -, thet, -ik], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of diathesis1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of diathesis1
C17: New Latin, from Greek: propensity, from diatithenai to dispose, from dia- + tithenai to place
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Example Sentences
An increase is also noted in the uric-acid diathesis and in diseases accompanied by respiratory insufficiency.
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This lymphatic diathesis undoubtedly has considerable to do with the sudden deaths which occur in these patients.
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After reading de Mussy's argument for the dependence of hay fever on a gouty diathesis, I turned first to the English books.
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Call the old tubercular diathesis a sensitization and you have made it the most modern of modern discoveries.
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With these holiday and lady terms, are we not trying to describe what our ancestors knew as diathesis?
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