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diathesis
[ dahy-ath-uh-sis ]
noun
- Pathology. 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
Derived Forms
- diathetic, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- »å¾±Â·²¹Â·³Ù³ó±ð³Ù·¾±³¦ [dahy-, uh, -, thet, -ik], adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of diathesis1
˜yÐÄvlog 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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