Look up: dyscrasia

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   dyscrasia
   [n] - an abnormal or physiologically unbalanced state of the body
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   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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   Dyscrasia
   Presently a term referring to inadequate synthesis of blood proteins by the liver, especially clotting factors.
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   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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   dyscrasia
   Illness as a result of abnormal material in the blood.
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   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 of the constitution; -- formerly regarded as dependent on a morbid condition of the blood and humors.
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   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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   dyscrasia
   noun an abnormal or physiologically unbalanced state of the body
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   Dyscrasia
   `Dyscrasia`, is a concept from ancient Greek medicine with the word `dyskrasia`, meaning bad mixture. To the Greeks, it meant an imbalance of the four humors: blood, black bile, yellow bile, and water (phlegm). These humors were believed to exist in the body, and were the direct cause of all disease. This is similar to the Asian concept of Yin and Yang that an imbalance of the two polarities caused ailment. It is still occasionally used in medic...
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    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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    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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    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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    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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