diathesis

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: di=ath=e=sis

OXFORD DICTIONARY

diathesis, n. Med. a constitutional predisposition to a certain state, esp. a diseased one.

Etymology

mod.L f. Gk f. diatithemi arrange

THESAURUS

diathesis

Altmann theory, DNA, De Vries theory, Galtonian theory, Mendelianism, Mendelism, RNA, Verworn theory, Weismann theory, Weismannism, Wiesner theory, a thing for, affinity, allele, allelomorph, animus, aptitude, aptness, bent, bias, birth, body-build, brand, cast, character, characteristic, characteristics, chromatid, chromatin, chromosome, complexion, composition, conatus, conduciveness, constituents, constitution, crasis, delight, determinant, determiner, dharma, disposition, eagerness, eccentricity, endowment, ethos, eugenics, factor, feeling for, fiber, frame, gene, genesiology, genetic code, genetics, genius, grain, habit, hereditability, heredity, heritability, heritage, hue, humor, humors, idiosyncrasy, ilk, inborn capacity, inclination, individualism, inheritability, inheritance, kidney, kind, leaning, liability, liking, make, makeup, matrocliny, mental set, mettle, mind, mind-set, mold, nature, patrocliny, penchant, pharmacogenetics, physique, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, probability, proclivity, proneness, propensity, property, quality, readiness, recessive character, replication, sensitivity to, set, slant, soft spot, somatotype, sort, spirit, stamp, strain, streak, stripe, suchness, susceptibility, system, temper, temperament, tendency, tenor, tone, tropism, turn, turn of mind, twist, type, vein, warp, way, weakness, willingness

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diathesis

Intrinsicality

N intrinsicality, inbeing, inherence, inhesion, subjectiveness, ego, egohood, essence, noumenon, essentialness, essential part, quintessence, incarnation, quiddity, gist, pith, marrow, core, sap, lifeblood, backbone, heart, soul, important part, principle, nature, constitution, character, type, quality, crasis, diathesis, habit, temper, temperament, spirit, humor, grain, disposition, endowment, capacity, capability, moods, declensions, features, aspects, peculiarities, idiosyncrasy, oddity, idiocrasy, diagnostics, derived from within, subjective, intrinsic, intrinsical, fundamental, normal, implanted, inherent, essential, natural, innate, inborn, inbred, ingrained, inwrought, coeval with birth, genetous, haematobious, syngenic, radical, incarnate, thoroughbred, hereditary, inherited, immanent, congenital, congenite, connate, running in the blood, ingenerate, ingenite, indigenous, in the grain, bred in the bone, instinctive, inward, internal, to the manner born, virtual, characteristic, invariable, incurable, incorrigible, ineradicable, fixed, intrinsically, at bottom, in the main, in effect, practically, virtually, substantially, au fond, fairly, character is higher than intellect, come give us a taste of your quality, magnos homines virtute metimur non fortuna, non numero haec judicantur sed pondere, vital spark of heavenly flame.

State

N state, condition, category, estate, lot, ease, trim, mood, pickle, plight, temper, aspect, dilemma, pass, predicament, constitution, habitude, diathesis, frame, fabric, stamp, set, fit, mold, mould, mode, modality, schesis, form, tone, tenor, turn, trim, guise, fashion, light, complexion, style, character, conditional, modal, formal, structural, organic, conditionally, as the matter stands, as things are, such being the case.

Affections

N affections, affect, character, qualities, disposition, nature, spirit, tone, temper, temperament, diathesis, idiosyncrasy, cast of mind, cast of soul, habit of mind, habit of soul, frame of mind, frame of soul, predilection, turn, natural turn of mind, bent, bias, predisposition, proneness, proclivity, propensity, propenseness, propension, propendency, vein, humor, mood, grain, mettle, sympathy, soul, heart, breast, bosom, inner man, heart's core, heart's strings, heart's blood, heart of hearts, bottom of one's heart, penetralia mentis, secret and inmost recesses of the heart, cockles of one's heart, inmost heart, inmost soul, backbone, passion, pervading spirit, ruling passion, master passion, furore, fullness of the heart, heyday of the blood, flesh and blood, flow of soul, energy, fervor, fire, force, affected, characterized, formed, molded, cast, attempered, tempered, framed, predisposed, prone, inclined, having a bias, tinctured with, imbued with, penetrated with, eaten up with, inborn, inbred, ingrained, deep-rooted, ineffaceable, inveterate, pathoscopic, congenital, dyed in the wool, implanted by nature, inherent, in the grain, affective, in one's heart, at heart, heart and soul, affection is a coal that must be cool'd else suffe.