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noun
Imbalance of the four bodily humors (blood, black and yellow bile, phlegm) that was thought to cause disease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: ancient usage
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any bodily disorder, especially regarding the blood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: modern usage
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an abnormal or physiologically unbalanced state of the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ill health, unhealthiness, health problem
Narrower terms: blood dyscrasia
History
Borrowed from Ancient Greek δυσκρασία (duskrasía, “bad mixture”).
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
