Etymology

dyscrasia

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Today it means: Imbalance of the four bodily humors (blood, black and yellow bile, phlegm) that was thought to cause disease. Full definition →

Ancient Greek δυσκρασία
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromδυσκρασία“bad mixture”
  2. English todaydyscrasia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δυσκρασία (duskrasía, “bad mixture”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekδυσκρασία all →

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