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noun
A bodily disorder; an imbalance of the humours
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, literally
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Synonyms: distemper
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Disharmony
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, uncountable
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Synonyms: discord, disorder, dissonance
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English discrasie, from Old French discrasie, from Medieval Latin dyscrāsia, from Ancient Greek δυσκρασία (duskrasía, “bad temperament”), from δυσ- (dus-, “dys-”) + κρᾶσις (krâsis, “mixing, tempering”). By surface analysis, dys- + -crasy.
