# dyscrasy

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɪskɹəsɪ/

## Definitions
1. A bodily disorder; an imbalance of the humours
2. Disharmony

## Etymology
From Middle English discrasie, from Old French discrasie, from Medieval Latin dyscrāsia, from Ancient Greek δυσκρασία (duskrasía, “bad temperament”), from δυσ- (dus-, “dys-”) + κρᾶσις (krâsis, “mixing, tempering”). By surface analysis, dys- + -crasy.

## Source
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