dyscrasian.
/dɪˈskreɪsɪə/ = dyscrasy n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > disordered state > of humours
dyscrasiac1400
dyscrasyc1400
mistemperurec1475
cacochymy?1541
colliquying?1541
ill humoura1568
interception1598
crasis1602
incommoderation1617
peccancy1648
colliquation1662
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 54 A Wounde þat haþ enpostym or an yuel discrasiam—þat is to seie out of kynde distemperid, eiþer to cold eiþer to hoot.
1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra i. x. 80 The Souls of Men have their general Discrasia's, and Disaffections, as our Bodies have.
1859 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 413/1 We find these alterations associated with a general dyscrasia.
Derivatives
dysˈcrasial adj. of the nature of, belonging to, or arising from dyscrasia.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > disordered or out of sorts > of humours
humoral?a1425
humorous?a1425
cacochymic?1541
burnt1578
cacochymical1606
cacochyme1614
ill-tempereda1616
ebullient1620
sulphureous1625
cacochymious1676
dyscratic1684
dyscrasial1874
dyscrasic1874
1874 W. H. Van Buren & E. L. Keyes Pract. Treat. Surg. Dis. Genito-urinary Organs 23 Acute dyscrasial disease—typhus, small-pox, etc.
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