diathesis
noun
1 diathesis
Constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality.
Roget 5:
intrinsicality†,
inbeing†,
inherence,
inhesion†;
subjectiveness;
ego;
egohood†;
essence,
noumenon;
essentialness†
etc.
adj.;
essential part,
quintessence,
incarnation,
quiddity,
gist,
pith,
marrow,
core,
sap,
lifeblood,
backbone,
heart,
soul;
important part
etc.
(importance)
642.
principle,
nature,
constitution,
character,
type,
quality,
crasis†,
diathesis†.
habit;
temper,
temperament;
spirit,
humor,
grain;
disposition.
endowment,
capacity;
capability
etc.
(power)
157.
moods,
declensions,
features,
aspects;
peculiarities
etc.
(speciality)
79;
idiosyncrasy,
oddity;
idiocrasy
etc.
(tendency)
176;
diagnostics.
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Roget 7:
state,
condition,
category,
estate,
lot,
ease,
trim,
mood,
pickle,
plight,
temper;
aspect
etc.
(appearance)
448,
dilemma,
pass,
predicament.
constitution,
habitude,
diathesis†;
frame,
fabric
etc.
329;
stamp,
set,
fit,
mold,
mould.
mode,
modality,
schesis†;
form
etc.
(shape)
240.
tone,
tenor,
turn;
trim,
guise,
fashion,
light,
complexion,
style,
character.
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Roget 820:
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
etc.
(love)
897.
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 [Lat.];
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.
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Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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