Middle English Dictionary Entry
discrāsīe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | discrāsīe n. Also discracie, discrase, (error) discursiour. |
| Etymology | OF discrasie & ML discrasia; ult. Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. eucrasia.
1.
(a) Med. A diseased condition of the body, or its parts, caused by an unfavorable combination of the humors; (b) fig. disharmony, disorder.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)54/6 : A wounde þat haþ enpostym or an yuel discrasiam [vr. discrasie]-- þat is to seie out of kynde distemperid, eiþer to cold eiþer to hoot -- he mai not be heelid.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)57/13 : A moist discracie þou schalt knowe bi þe reischenes of þe place.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)57a/a : If þe discrasie [*Ch.(2): distemperure; L discrasia] be hote, which is knowen bi rednez & vesicacioun, make colde þe place.
- ?a1450 Lanfranc (Add 12056)54/27 : A wounde..schal nouȝt ben heled, but first..þe yuele discrasie [Ashm: discursiour] be amendide.
- (1474) Let.Christ Ch.in RS 85.3275 : Suche is the condicion of every body that the discrase of oo membre distempereth all the other.
b
- a1450(c1400-25) Legat Serm.PD (Wor F.10)15/195 : Goddis mekenes & his mercy þat sow[n]it al in on acord & makes no maner of dyscrasie.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. dyscrasy.