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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.
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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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