Crossword clues for diathesis
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.
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).
WordNet
n. constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality
[also: diathses (pl)]
Wikipedia
Diathesis (from the Greek διάθεσις "grammatical voice, disposition") may refer to:
- Grammatical voice
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Diathesis (medical) a hereditary or constitutional predisposition to a disease or other disorder
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Predisposition (psychology)
- The diathesis–stress model
- Bleeding diathesis an abnormal propensity toward bleeding
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Predisposition (psychology)
In medicine and allied fields, diathesis (from Greek διάθεσις) is a hereditary or constitutional predisposition to a disease or other disorder.
Atopic diathesis is a predisposition to develop one or more of hay fever, allergic rhinitis, bronchial asthma, or atopic dermatitis.
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.