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Definition: Dyscrasia |
DyscrasiaNoun1. An abnormal or physiologically unbalanced state of the body. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Dyscrasia \Dys*cra"si*a\, noun. [New Latin expression. dyscrasia, from the Greek expression bad mixture, from to mix: compare to the French expression dycrasie.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A term formerly used to indicate an abnormal mixture of the four humours; in surviving usages it now is roughly synonymous with 'disease' or 'pathologic condition'. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Dyscrasia |
| Specialty definitions using "dyscrasia": Monoclonal Gammopathies, Benign. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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Expression using "dyscrasia": blood dyscrasia. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
blood dyscrasia | 8 |
dyscrasia | 6 |
plasma cell dyscrasia | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "dyscrasia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 恶病"质. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | dyskrasi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | dyscrasie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | dyskrasia, yleishäiriö, veren solujen muutos, nestehäiriö. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | dyscrasie (f), dyscrasie, trouble de la crase sanguine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Dyskrasie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | δυσκρασία. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | discrasia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | yscrasiaday discrasia. (various references) discrazie. (various references) discrasia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dyscrasia": dyscrasias. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "dyscrasia" (pronounced 'Dys*cra"si*a'): Abasia, Acinesia, AEsthesia, Akinesia, Amnesia, Anaesthesia, Analgesia, Antonomasia, Aphrasia, Aplasia, Athrepsia, Atresia, Dysaesthesia, Ecclesia, Eclampsia, Frambaesia, fuchsia, Halesia, Hemianaesthesia, hyperplasia, macroglossia, magnesia, Marsipobranchia, Monesia, Neoplasia, Palingenesia, Paralgesia, Parnassia, Paronomasia, Parousia, Parrhesia, Parusia, Passiflora, Phlegmasia, Photopsia, Polydipsia, Pseudaesthesia, Quassia, Rafflesia, Russia, Sauropsida, Silesia, Syngenesia, Tephrosia, Xenelasia. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-i-r-s-s-y" | |
-1 letter: ascarids. | |
-2 letters: acarids, ascarid, ascaris, cardias. | |
-3 letters: acarid, asdics, cairds, cardia, cassia, crasis, crissa, darics, sayids, yairds. | |
-4 letters: acari, acids, acidy, acrid, arias, arsis, asdic, assai, assay, cadis, caids, caird, cards, casas, cissy, crass, dairy, daisy, daric, diary, discs, drays, raias, raids, rayas, sacra, sadis, saids, sards, saris, sayid, scads, scars, scary, yaird, yards. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-d-i-r-s-s-y" | |
+1 letter: dyscrasias. | |
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