blood dyscrasia

blood dyscrasia

n.

A diseased state of the blood, usually one in which the blood contains permanent abnormal cellular elements.

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blood dyscrasia

Etymology: AS, blod + Gk, dys, bad, krasis, mingling

a pathologic condition in which any of the constituents of the blood are abnormal in structure, function, or quality, as in leukemia or hemophilia.

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dyscrasia [dis-kra´zhah]

a condition related to a disease or pathologic state, usually referring to an imbalance of component elements. adj., adj dyscrat´ic.

blood dyscrasia a pathologic condition of the blood, usually referring to a disorder of the cellular elements of the blood.

plasma cell d's a diverse group of neoplastic diseases involving proliferation of a single clone of cells producing a serum M component (a monoclonal immunoglobulin or immunoglobulin fragment); the cells usually have plasma cell morphology, but may have lymphocytic or lymphoplasmacytic morphology. The group includes multiple myeloma, Waldenström's macroglobulinemia, the heavy chain diseases, benign monoclonal gammopathy, and immunocytic amyloidosis. Called also paraproteinemias and monoclonal gammopathies.

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blood dyscrasia

see dyscrasia.