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dyscrasia /dys·cra·sia/ (-kra´zhah) [Gr.] a term formerly used to indicate an abnormal mixture of the four humors; in surviving usages it is now roughly synonymous with disease or pathologic condition.
plasma cell dyscrasias  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) and usually having a plasma cell morphology; it includes multiple myeloma and heavy chain diseases.

dys·cra·sia (ds-krzh)
n.
1. An abnormal state or disorder of the body, especially of the blood.
2. Disease. No longer in technical use.

dyscrasia (diskrā´zh, -zē),
n 1. a morbid condition, especially one that involves an imbalance of component elements.
n 2. an abnormal composition of the blood, such as that found in leukemia and anemia.

dyscrasia
a morbid condition, usually referring to an imbalance of component elements.

blood dyscrasia
any abnormal or pathological condition of the blood.

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Blood dyscrasias include thrombocytopenia and neutropenia (leukopenia).
The plasma cell dyscrasias are characterized by the clonal proliferation of plasma cells that produce a homogenous immunoglobulin protein.
Case reports describe the occurrence of aplastic anemia and other blood dyscrasias after lindane exposure (17,26-28).
 
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