dyscrasia (redirected from plasma cell dyscrasias)

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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dyscrasia

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

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blood dyscrasia

any abnormal or pathological condition of the blood.

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dyscrasia

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