"dyscrasia" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪsˈkɹeɪzɪə/ Forms: dyscrasias [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek δυσκρασία (duskrasía, “bad mixture”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|δυσκρασία||bad mixture}} Ancient Greek δυσκρασία (duskrasía, “bad mixture”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dyscrasia (countable and uncountable, plural dyscrasias)
  1. (ancient usage) Imbalance of the four bodily humors (blood, black and yellow bile, phlegm) that was thought to cause disease. Tags: countable, uncountable Hyponyms (blood dyscrasias): plasma cell dyscrasia, T-cell dyscrasia
    Sense id: en-dyscrasia-en-noun-2vw7wsqJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of 'blood dyscrasias': 66 34
  2. (modern usage) Any bodily disorder, especially regarding the blood. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (disorder, especially of the blood): dyscrasie [feminine] (French), Dyskrasie [feminine] (German), δυσκρασία (dyskrasía) [feminine] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-dyscrasia-en-noun-pxs4Wzam Disambiguation of 'disorder, especially of the blood': 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: disease, pathological condition, dyskrasia Hyponyms: endocrine dyscrasia Derived forms: dyscrasic Related terms: acrasia

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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