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dyscrasia

Pronunciation: /dɪsˈkreɪzɪə/
Definition of dyscrasia

noun

[mass noun] Medicine
  • an abnormal or disordered state of the body or of a bodily part: [count noun]:various blood dyscrasias plasma cell dyscrasia

Derivatives

dyscrasic

adjective

Origin:

late Middle English (denoting an imbalance of physical qualities): via late Latin from Greek duskrasia 'bad combination', from dus- 'bad' + krasis 'mixture'

dyscrasia in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of dyscrasia in the US English dictionary