"dyscrasy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɪskɹəsɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdɪskɹəsi/ [General-American] Forms: dyscrasies [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English discrasie, from Old French discrasie, from Medieval Latin dyscrāsia, from Ancient Greek δυσκρασία (duskrasía, “bad temperament”), from δυσ- (dus-, “dys-”) + κρᾶσις (krâsis, “mixing, tempering”). By surface analysis, dys- + -crasy. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|discrasie}} Middle English discrasie, {{der|en|fro|discrasie}} Old French discrasie, {{der|en|ML.|dyscrāsia}} Medieval Latin dyscrāsia, {{der|en|grc|δυσκρασία||bad temperament}} Ancient Greek δυσκρασία (duskrasía, “bad temperament”), {{m|grc|δυσ-||dys-}} δυσ- (dus-, “dys-”), {{m|grc|κρᾶσις||mixing, tempering}} κρᾶσις (krâsis, “mixing, tempering”), {{surf|en|dys-|-crasy}} By surface analysis, dys- + -crasy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dyscrasy (countable and uncountable, plural dyscrasies)
  1. (countable, literally) A bodily disorder; an imbalance of the humours Tags: countable, literally Synonyms: distemper
    Sense id: en-dyscrasy-en-noun-lmJ~CEyV
  2. (uncountable, figuratively) Disharmony Tags: figuratively, uncountable Synonyms: discord, disorder, dissonance Synonyms (morbid diathesis): dyscrasia [literally]
    Sense id: en-dyscrasy-en-noun-~3RUKn82 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with dys-, English terms suffixed with -crasy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dys-: 25 75 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -crasy: 16 84 Disambiguation of 'morbid diathesis': 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: discrasie (alt: 16th–19th centuries:), discracy, discracie (alt: conflating -crasy with -cracy) Related terms: idiosyncrasy

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