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Crasis

/ˈkɹeɪsɪs/

One's constitution; the balance of humours in a person's body.

📖 Definitions of "Crasis"

noun

1
One's constitution; the balance of humours in a person's body.
2
A mixture or combination.
3
External vowel sandhi; contraction of a vowel or diphthong at the end of a word with a vowel or diphthong at the start of the following word.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
eccrisisnoun	(medicine, obsolete) The removal of waste.
cambiumnoun	(botany) A layer of cells between the xylem and the phloem that is responsible for the secondary growth of roots and stems.
likam	—
morbsnoun	(archaic, informal, with the) A state of melancholy, sadness, ennui.
balauncenoun	Obsolete form of balance. [(uncountable) A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.]
havingverb	The act of possessing; ownership.
corsenoun	(archaic) A dead body, a corpse.
crassamentnoun	(obsolete) A crassamentum.
scituationnoun	(hypercorrect) Obsolete form of situation. [The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.]
bulknoun	The major part of something.
healthnoun	The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness.
quarronsnoun	(obsolete, thieves' cant) The body.
paisenoun	Obsolete form of poise. [A state of balance, equilibrium or stability.]
systasisnoun	The combination of different elements; synthesis.
bowelsnoun	The intestines.
corpsenoun	A dead body, especially that of a human as opposed to an animal.
ballancenoun	A surname.
ichornoun	(Greek mythology) The liquid said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods.
perpessionnoun	(obsolete) suffering; endurance
bodynoun	Physical frame.