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diathesis
[dahy-ath-uh-sis]
noun
plural
diathesesPathology.a constitutional predisposition or tendency, as to a particular disease or other abnormal state of the body or mind.
diathesis
/ ˌdaɪəˈθɛtɪk, daɪˈæθɪsɪs /
noun
a hereditary or acquired susceptibility of the body to one or more diseases
Other 51Թ Forms
- diathetic adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of diathesis1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of diathesis1
Example Sentences
In this model, diathesis represents an individual's genetic predilections; which are mightily affected by other factors, often stress-inducing, in the individual's environment.
GT resulted in partial or complete resolution of immunodeficiency, autoimmunity, and bleeding diathesis.
The term insanity is merely a loose descriptive one, and we shall gain little definite knowledge about the inheritance of such maladies until we study each separate insane diathesis specifically.
Of or pertaining to an aneurism; as, an aneurismal tumor; aneurismal diathesis.
Bleeding is seldom of much avail, but produces, occasionally, considerable loss of vital power, and augments the putrid diathesis.
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