IDIOSYNCRASY
\ˈɪdɪˌɒsɪŋkɹəsi], \ˈɪdɪˌɒsɪŋkɹəsi], \ˈɪ_d_ɪ__ˌɒ_s_ɪ_ŋ_k_ɹ_ə_s_i]\
Definitions of IDIOSYNCRASY
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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Peculiarity of temperament; a characteristic peculiar to an individual born of that individual's own particular bent.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A peculiarity of constitution, in which one person is affected by an agent which, in numerous others, would produce no effect. Thus, shell-fish, bitter almonds, produce urticaria in some, by virtue of their idiosyncrasies. Others faint at the sight of blood, etc.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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An individual peculiarity which renders one susceptible to certain effects not produced in others. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Greek] A peculiarity of constitution and susceptibility of bodily affection;—peculiar disposition or temper of mind and character.