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Diathesis

noun
(pl. diatheses)
1.
Constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality.





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"Diathesis" Quotes from Famous Books



... development of insanity in the individual, still no medical man, having regard to the health of the community, or even of that of the family, can possibly feel himself justified in recommending the marriage of any person of either sex in whom the insane diathesis is ...
— The Fertility of the Unfit • William Allan Chapple


Words linked to "Diathesis" :   predisposition, sensitivity


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