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diathesis /di·ath·e·sis/ (di-ath´e-sis) an unusual constitutional susceptibility or predisposition to a particular disease.diathet´ic
diathesis (dī·aˑ·th n 1. genetic propensity toward a certain disease. 2. configuration of a syndrome typical of a fundamental illness. See also constitution, psoric miasm, sycotic miasm, syphilitic miasm, terrain, and tubercular diathesis. diathesis (dīath´ n a tendency, based on body makeup or constitutional, hereditary, or acquired states of the body, that causes a predisposition or susceptibility to disease. n a condition that may be caused by defects in the coagulation mechanism, blood vessel wall, or both. diathesis an unusual constitutional susceptibility or predisposition to a particular disease, e.g. bleeding diathesis, exudative diathesis. |
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| Vestibular closure with a silastic obturator--an alternative to Young's procedure in bleeding diathesis. Impact of atopic skin diathesis on occupational skin disease incidence in a working population, The Society for Investigative Dermatology, July 2003, 121:1, p. In other words, the drug precipitates the underlying diathesis to surface and emerge as a mental disorder. |
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