DYSCRASIA


Meaning of DYSCRASIA in English

də̇ˈskrāzh(ē)ə noun

( -s )

Etymology: New Latin, from Medieval Latin, mixture of the humors in bad proportions, from Greek dyskrasia, from dys- + -krasia (from krasis mixing, combination, temperature, temperament) — more at crasis

: an abnormal condition of the body : an imbalance of physiologic or constitutional elements especially of the blood — opposed to eucrasia

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