adjective
- relating to or caused by an imbalance of bodily humors or a disordered physical condition
Usage: archaic or medical/historical; derived from the Greek concept of dyscrasia
Examples
- Medieval physicians attributed the patient's illness to a dyscrasic state of the four humors.
- The dyscrasic condition was thought to require bloodletting to restore equilibrium.
- Historical medical texts frequently referenced dyscrasic imbalances as the root cause of disease.