Dyscrasia

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  • noun. An abnormal bodily condition, especially of the blood.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In pathology, a generally faulty condition of the body; morbid diathesis; distemper. Also dyscrase, dyscrasy, and formerly discrase, discrasy.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An ill habit or state of the constitution; -- formerly regarded as dependent on a morbid condition of the blood and humors.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An unspecified disorder resulting from the presence of abnormal material in the blood.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an abnormal or physiologically unbalanced state of the body
    • Word Usage
    "After inactivation of the diphtheria poison, or in other words after the detoxication of the body fluids by the addition of diphtheria antitoxin, the dyscrasia is overcome; in its place appears, so to say, a eucrasia."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    health problem  ill health  unhealthiness  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    blood dyscrasia  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    appendicitis  backache  bradycardia  chilliness  colitis  
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