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intemperament rare.|ɪnˈtɛmpərəmənt|
[f. in-3 + temperament: perh. repr. a mod.L. *intemperāmentum.]
An untempered or distempered condition (esp. of the body, blood, etc.).
1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 311 Fevers..that accompany Catarrhs, from the Intemperament of the Spirable Parts. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 231 But whether [Cholera is] dependent upon an intemperament of the atmosphere or upon specific contagion, is by no means ascertained. Ibid. IV. 364 The disease [diabetes] is dependent upon a dyscrasy or intemperament of the blood. |
