Hypertext Webster Gateway: "diathesis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Diathesis \Di*ath"e*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to place
separately, arrange; dia` through, asunder + ? to place,
put.] (Med.)
Bodily condition or constitution, esp. a morbid habit which
predisposes to a particular disease, or class of diseases.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
diathesis
n : constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or
abnormality
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