Definition of dyscrasia in English:
dyscrasia
noun dɪsˈkreɪzɪədəˈskreɪʒ(i)ə
mass nounMedicine An abnormal or disordered state of the body or of a bodily part.
count noun various blood dyscrasias
Example sentencesExamples
- As stated, a bone marrow biopsy was negative for plasma cell dyscrasia in our case, which further supports the diagnosis of a localized plasmacytoma.
- For example, a type of autoimmune disorder or blood dyscrasia may have caused some wounds that were initially diagnosed and managed as venous or ischemic ulcers.
- The primary diagnosis was plasma cell dyscrasia in all of these patients.
- Clinical suspicion of amyloidosis as the cause of an extremity mass is likely to be very low, especially in the absence of an immunocyte dyscrasia.
- Rare but serious complications, such as cholestatic hepatitis, blood dyscrasias and Stevens-Johnson syndrome, have been reported in patients treated with terbinafine.
Origin
Late Middle English (denoting an imbalance of physical qualities): via late Latin from Greek duskrasia 'bad combination', from dus- 'bad' + krasis 'mixture'.
Definition of dyscrasia in US English:
dyscrasia
noundəˈskreɪʒ(i)ədəˈskrāZH(ē)ə
Medicine An abnormal or disordered state of the body or of a bodily part.
count noun various blood dyscrasias
Example sentencesExamples
- For example, a type of autoimmune disorder or blood dyscrasia may have caused some wounds that were initially diagnosed and managed as venous or ischemic ulcers.
- The primary diagnosis was plasma cell dyscrasia in all of these patients.
- As stated, a bone marrow biopsy was negative for plasma cell dyscrasia in our case, which further supports the diagnosis of a localized plasmacytoma.
- Rare but serious complications, such as cholestatic hepatitis, blood dyscrasias and Stevens-Johnson syndrome, have been reported in patients treated with terbinafine.
- Clinical suspicion of amyloidosis as the cause of an extremity mass is likely to be very low, especially in the absence of an immunocyte dyscrasia.
Origin
Late Middle English (denoting an imbalance of physical qualities): via late Latin from Greek duskrasia ‘bad combination’, from dus- ‘bad’ + krasis ‘mixture’.