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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Diathesis

· Di·ath·e·sis · IPA /daɪˈæθəsɪs/
01 n. Bodily condition or constitution, esp. a morbid habit which predisposes to a particular disease, or class of diseases.
  1. 1.
    Bodily condition or constitution, esp. a morbid habit which predisposes to a particular disease, or class of diseases.(Med.)