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Dyscrasias is a nonspecific term that refers to any disease or disorder. However, it usually refers to blood diseases.

Before modern medicine, dyscrasias meant an imbalance of four body fluids: blood, bile, lymph, and phlegm.

Reviewer Info: William Matsui, MD, Assistant Professor of Oncology, Division of Hematologic Malignancies, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.; ADAM Health Illustrated Encyclopedia, 02/06/2007

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