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dyscrasia
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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′zhə]
Etymology: Gk, dys + krasis, mingling
pertaining to an abnormal condition of the blood or bone marrow, such as leukemia, aplastic anemia, or prenatal Rh incompatibility.

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.

dyscrasia
See Blood dyscrasia, Plasma cell dyscrasia, Plasma cell dyscrasia with polyneuropathy.


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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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