Dȳs'cra-sy, n.

n. [Gr. δυσκρασία, from δυσ-, inseparable prefix, with the notion of ill, bad, difficult, and κράσις, mixture, from κεραννύναι, to mix; Fr. dyscrasie.] (Med.) An ill habit or state of the constitution. Coxe.

In nature sin is a cause of dyscrasies and distempers. Eps. Taylor.