Definition of DYSCRASY

dyscrasy

Plural: dyscrasies

Noun

  • A bodily disorder; an imbalance of the humours
  • Disharmony

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English discrasie, from Old French discrasie, from Medieval Latin dyscrāsia, from Ancient Greek δυσκρασία (duskrasía, “bad temperament”), from δυσ- (dus-, “dys-”) + κρᾶσις (krâsis, “mixing, tempering”). By surface analysis, dys- + -crasy.

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