diathesis

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /daɪˈaθəsɪs/    美 /daɪˈæθəsɪs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hereditary or constitutional predisposition to a disease or other disorder. countable,uncountable
    — Medical materialism seems indeed a good appellation for the too simple-minded system of thought which we are considering. […] All such mental over-tensions, it says, are, when you come to the bottom of the matter, mere affairs of diathesis (auto-intoxications most probably), due to the perverted action of various glands which physiology will yet discover.
  2. Voice (active or passive). countable,uncountable

词形变化

diatheses plural

词汇关系

衍生词
phosphatic diathesis
相关词
diathetic diathetical

词源

Borrowed from New Latin diathesis, from Ancient Greek διάθεσις (diáthesis, “state, condition”), from διατίθημι (diatíthēmi, “to arrange”).
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