Associations to the word «Diathesis»

Wiktionary

DIATHESIS, noun. (medicine) A hereditary or constitutional predisposition to a disease or other disorder.
DIATHESIS, noun. (grammar) Voice (active or passive).

Dictionary definition

DIATHESIS, noun. Constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality.

Wise words

More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use.
Antoine De Saint-Exupery