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diathesis
[ dahy-ath-uh-sis ]
noun
- Pathology. a constitutional predisposition or tendency, as to a particular disease or other abnormal state of the body or mind.
diathesis
/ daɪˈæθɪsɪs; ˌdaɪəˈθɛtɪk /
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
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Example Sentences
An increase is also noted in the uric-acid diathesis and in diseases accompanied by respiratory insufficiency.
This lymphatic diathesis undoubtedly has considerable to do with the sudden deaths which occur in these patients.
After reading de Mussy's argument for the dependence of hay fever on a gouty diathesis, I turned first to the English books.
Call the old tubercular diathesis a sensitization and you have made it the most modern of modern discoveries.
With these holiday and lady terms, are we not trying to describe what our ancestors knew as diathesis?
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