dyscrasic

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• dyscrasic, dyscratic — Pertaining to or affected with dyscrasia …   Medical dictionary

• dyscrasic fracture — fracture due to weakening of the bone from debilitating disease …   Medical dictionary

• dyscrasia — dyscrasial, dyscrasic /dis kraz ik, kras /, dyscratic, adj. /dis kray zheuh, zhee euh, zee euh/, n. Pathol. a malfunction or abnormal condition, esp. an imbalance of the constituents of the blood. [1350 1400; ME; < ML < Gk dyskrasía bad mixture,… …   Universalium

• dyscrasia — 1. A morbid general state resulting from the presence of abnormal material in the blood, usually applied to diseases affecting blood cells or platelets. 2. Old term indicating disease. [G. bad temperament, fr. dys + krasis, a mixing] …   Medical dictionary

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

• dyscrasia —   n. Medicine, constitutional weakness.    ♦ dyscrasic, a …   Dictionary of difficult words