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

Other Words From

• dys·crasi·al dys·cras·ic [dis-, kraz, -ik, -, kras, -], dys·cratic adjective

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

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

Example Sentences

As regards the relation of the syphilitic dyscrasia to neuralgia, I agree in general with Eulenburg.

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

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Let that child be vaccinated, and let the syphilitic dyscrasia afterward break forth.

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The influence of alcoholic liquors in the production of gouty dyscrasia is generally acknowledged.

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Greenhow8 of London first called attention to the frequency with which chronic bronchitis is associated with the gouty dyscrasia.

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