diathesis

/dahy-ath-uh-sis/US // daɪˈæθ ə sɪs //UK // (daɪˈæθɪsɪs) //

二元论,二元结构,二重性,二合院

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural di·ath·e·ses [dahy-ath-uh-seez]. /daɪˈæθ əˌsiz/.
- : Pathology. a constitutional predisposition or tendency, as to a particular disease or other abnormal state of the body or mind.

An increase is also noted in the uric-acid diathesis and in diseases accompanied by respiratory insufficiency.
This lymphatic diathesis undoubtedly has considerable to do with the sudden deaths which occur in these patients.
After reading de Mussy's argument for the dependence of hay fever on a gouty diathesis, I turned first to the English books.
Call the old tubercular diathesis a sensitization and you have made it the most modern of modern discoveries.
With these holiday and lady terms, are we not trying to describe what our ancestors knew as diathesis?