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Dyscrasias

Dyscrasia is a nonspecific term that refers to a disease or disorder, especially of the blood. The latter is called a blood dyscrasia.

Before modern medicine, it meant an imbalance of four body fluids: blood, bile, lymph, and phlegm.

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Stone RM. Myelodysplastic syndromes. In: Goldman L, Cooney KA, eds. Goldman-Cecil Medicine. 27th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2024:chap 167.

Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary. Dyscrasia. 25th ed. Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis Company; 2025. www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/751737/0/dyscrasia?. Accessed April 16, 2025.

 

Review Date: 2/3/2025

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