what is the meaning of Dyscrasia


I would like to know what is the meaning of “Dyscrasia” in English and what is the correct translation in Spanish?

I saw this term in a list of ethnobotanic uses.

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Meaning of Dyscrasia
Dyscrasia or dyskrasia is a concept from ancient Greek medicine, meaning bad mixture. Dyscrasia is the disproportion of bodily fluids or four humours: phlegm, blood, and yellow and black bile. In modern medicine its defined as an unspecified disorder of the blood. Specifically, it is defined in current medicine as a morbid general state resulting from the presence of abnormal material in the blood, usually applied to diseases affecting blood cells or platelets. – See link

 

 

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