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dyskrasia

dyskrasia is the alternative form of dyscrasia.

Meaning of dyscrasia

Noun

dyscrasia (countable and uncountable, plural dyscrasias)

  1. (ancient usage) Imbalance of the four bodily humors (blood, black and yellow bile, phlegm) that was thought to cause disease.
  2. (modern usage) Any bodily disorder, especially regarding the blood.

Forms of dyskrasia

pluraldyskrasias

Questions about dyskrasia

What is dyskrasia the alternative form of?
Dyskrasia is the alternative form of dyscrasia.

Words near dyskrasia in the dictionary

  1. dyskinetic
  2. dyskinetoplastic
  3. dyskinetoplastidy
  4. dyskinetoplasty
  5. dyskoimesis
  6. dyskrasia
  7. dyskrasias
  8. dyslalia
  9. dyslalias
  10. dyslamination
  11. dyslaminations

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