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Constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality
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diathesis
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Diathesis \Di*ath"e*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to place separately, arrange; dia` through, asunder + ? to place, put.] (Med.) Bodily condition or constitution, esp. a morbid habit which predisposes to a particular disease, or class of diseases.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality [also: diathses (pl)]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Diathesis (from the Greek διάθεσις "grammatical voice, disposition") may refer to: Grammatical voice Diathesis (medical) a hereditary or constitutional predisposition to a disease or other disorder Predisposition (psychology) The diathesis–stress model ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context medicine English) A hereditary or constitutional predisposition to a disease or other disorder. 2 (context grammar English) voice (active or passive).
Usage examples of diathesis.
Cousins mentions an individual of hemorrhagic diathesis who succumbed to extensive extravasation of blood at the base of the brain, following a slight fall during an epileptic convulsion.
Dunlape reports a case of hemorrhagic diathesis, following suppression of the catamenia, attended by vicarious hemorrhage from the gums, which terminated fatally.
BAYLEY'S LITHIA WATER, cures Bright's disease and the gouty diathesis.