dyscrasia

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/dɪsˈkɹeɪzɪə/

noun

Imbalance of the four bodily humors (blood, black and yellow bile, phlegm) that was thought to cause disease.

Similar
diseasepathological condition
Opposite
eucrasia
OriginAncient Greek δυσκρασία →
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Meanings

noundyscrasia (countable and uncountable, plural dyscrasias)

plural dyscrasias · alternative dyskrasia

  1. countableuncountableancient usageImbalance of the four bodily humors (blood, black and yellow bile, phlegm) that was thought to cause disease.
  2. countableuncountablemodern usageAny bodily disorder, especially regarding the blood.

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
diseasepathological condition
Opposite
eucrasia
Narrower
endocrine dyscrasia
Also see
dyscrasy

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekδυσκρασία“bad mixture”
  2. Englishdyscrasia

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

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Translations

French dyscrasie
  • dyscrasiedisorder, especially of the blood
German Dyskrasie
  • Dyskrasiedisorder, especially of the blood
Greek δυσκρασία
  • δυσκρασία (dyskrasía)disorder, especially of the blood
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