DYSCRASIA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An abnormal or physiologically unbalanced state of the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("dyscrasia" is a kind of...):

health problem; ill health; unhealthiness (a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dyscrasia"):

blood dyscrasia (any abnormal condition of the blood)

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