dyscrasia

  • 11dyscrasia — [dɪs kreɪzɪə] noun Medicine an abnormal or disordered physiological state. Derivatives dyscrasic adjective Origin ME: via late L. from Gk duskrasia bad combination …

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  • 13dyscrasia — n. an abnormal state of the body or part of the body, especially one due to abnormal development or metabolism. In classical medicine the term was used for the imbalance of the four humours (blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile), which was… …

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  • 14dyscrasia — dys•cra•sia [[t]dɪsˈkreɪ ʒə, ʒi ə, zi ə[/t]] n. pat an imbalance of the constituents of the blood or bone marrow • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME < ML < Gk dyskrasía bad mixture =dys dys +krâs(is) a mixing + ia ia dys•cra′sial, dys•cras′ic ˈkræz… …

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  • 15dyscrasia —   n. Medicine, constitutional weakness.    ♦ dyscrasic, a …

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  • 16dyscrasia —    Presently a term referring to inadequate synthesis of blood proteins by the liver, especially clotting factors. Formerly the term described an improper balance between blood and lymph in an organ or a whole person. Archaically, it referred to… …

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  • 17dyscrasia — Disease. Usually refers to diseases of the blood …

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  • 18plasma-cell dyscrasia — n MONOCLONAL GAMMOPATHY …

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  • 19blood dyscrasia — noun any abnormal condition of the blood • Hypernyms: ↑dyscrasia • Hyponyms: ↑blood disease, ↑blood disorder * * * noun : an abnormal condition or disease of the blood …

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  • 20Plasma cell dyscrasia — ICD9 = ICDO = 9730 9739 OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D054219 Plasma cell dyscrasias are disorders of the plasma cells; they include malignant and non malignant disorders. Malignant disorders are termed plasma… …

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