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What does dyscrasia mean?

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Noun
  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.
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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.
I consider that every dyscrasia is dependent upon a permanent supply of noxious ingredients from certain sources.
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.
Greenhow8 of London first called attention to the frequency with which chronic bronchitis is associated with the gouty dyscrasia.
As stated, a bone marrow biopsy was negative for plasma cell dyscrasia in our case, which further supports the diagnosis of a localized plasmacytoma.
Our dyscrasia disrupt our functions and are the cause of more than a disease.

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