diathesis

1. 1.

   constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality

   Broadersensitivity

Other forms of diathesis

plural

diathses

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about diathesis

What does diathesis mean?

diathesis means "constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality".

How many syllables are in diathesis?

diathesis has 4 syllables and divides as di-a-the-sis under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.