Look up: dyscrasia

1. dyscrasia
   Type: Term Pronunciation: dis-krā′zē-ă Definitions: 1. A morbid general state resulting from the presence of abnormal material in the blood, usually applied to diseases affecting blood cells or platelets. 2. Old term indicating disease.
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2. dyscrasia
   [n] - an abnormal or physiologically unbalanced state of the body
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3. dyscrasia
   A term formerly used to indicate an abnormal mixture of the four humours but in modern usage is roughly synonymous with 'disease' or 'pathologic condition'
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4. Dyscrasia
   Presently a term referring to inadequate synthesis of blood proteins by the liver, especially clotting factors.
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5. Dyscrasia
   Dyscrasia: Any disease condition, especially in hematology, as in 'blood dyscrasias.' The term 'dyscrasia' was borrowed from the Greek meaning 'a bad mixture' referring to imbalance between the four humors which caused disease.
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6. dyscrasia
   Illness as a result of abnormal material in the blood.
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7. Dyscrasia
   Dys·cra'si·a noun [ New Latin dyscrasia , from Greek dyskrasi`a ; dys- bad + kra^sis mixture, from keranny`nai to mix: confer French dycrasie .] (Medicine) An ill habit or state...
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8. dyscrasia
   A term formerly used to indicate an abnormal mixture of the four humours, in surviving usages it now is roughly synonymous with disease or pathologic condition. ... Origin: Gr. Dyskrasia = bad temperament ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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9. dyscrasia
   noun an abnormal or physiologically unbalanced state of the body
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10. dyscrasia
    (dis-kra´zhә) a condition related to a disease or pathologic state, usually referring to an imbalance of component elements. adj., dyscrat´ic., adj. blood dyscrasia a pathologic condition of the blood, usually referring to a disorder of the cellular elements of the blood. ...
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11. Dyscrasia
    • (n.) An ill habit or state of the constitution; -- formerly regarded as dependent on a morbid condition of the blood and humors.
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12. dyscrasia
    (Gr. dyskrasia bad temperament) a term formerly used to indicate an abnormal mixture of the four humours; in surviving usages it now is roughly synonymous with 'disease' or 'pathologic condition'.
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13. dyscrasia
    dyscrasia, dyscrasial, dyscrasic 1. A depraved condition of the bodily system and especially of the blood, due to constitutional disease. 2. Generally bad health.
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14. dyscrasia
    Disease. Usually refers to diseases of the blood.
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15. dyscrasia
    A term formerly used to indicate an abnormal mixture of the four humours but in modern usage is roughly synonymous with 'disease' or 'pathologic condition'
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16. Dyscrasia
    `Dyscrasia` is a concept from ancient Greek medicine with the word "dyskrasia", meaning bad mixture. The concept of dyscrasia was developed by the ancient Greek physician Galen (130–199 AD), who elaborated a model of health and disease as a structure of elements, qualities, humors, ...
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