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dyscrasia
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dys·cra·sia  (ds-krzh, -zh-)
n.
An abnormal bodily condition, especially of the blood.

[Medieval Latin, bad mixture, disease, from Greek duskrsi : dus-, dys- + krsis, mixing; see ker- in Indo-European roots.]

dyscrasia
Medicine. an unhealthy condition, especially an imbalance of physiologic or constitutional elements, often of the blood. Cf. eucrasia.dyscrasic, dyscratic, adj.
See also: Health
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Noun1.dyscrasia - an abnormal or physiologically unbalanced state of the body
health problem, ill health, unhealthiness - a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain
blood dyscrasia - any abnormal condition of the blood

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Blood dyscrasias include thrombocytopenia and neutropenia (leukopenia).
The plasma cell dyscrasias are characterized by the clonal proliferation of plasma cells that produce a homogenous immunoglobulin protein.
Case reports describe the occurrence of aplastic anemia and other blood dyscrasias after lindane exposure (17,26-28).
 
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