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predisposition

[pree-dis-puh-zish-uhn, pree-dis-]

noun

the fact or condition of being predisposed: a predisposition to think optimistically.

Medicine/Medical. tendency to a condition or quality, usually based on the combined effects of genetic and environmental factors.

Origin:
1615–25; pre- + disposition

Related forms

pre·dis·po·si·tion·al, adjective

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the first or innermost digit of the foot of humans and other primates or of the hind foot of other mammals; great toe; big toe.

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One thing not mentioned: the genetic predisposition toward addiction about which our kids need to be educated.

Hence, our ancestors were selected with a predisposition to favor sugary things.

Price wanted to describe mathematically how a genetic predisposition to altruism could evolve.

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One thing not mentioned: the genetic predisposition toward addiction about which our kids need to be educated.

Hence, our ancestors were selected with a predisposition to favor sugary things.

Price wanted to describe mathematically how a genetic predisposition to altruism could evolve.

But the predisposition requires social experience to be activated.

Ones facial features are determined by genetics that have nothing to do with a cultural predisposition.

So learning you have a genetic predisposition should be especially toxic.

In an environment that allows people to be sedentary, those with a biological predisposition to sit still will do so, he said.

Now, true, one's predisposition or personal history could incline one toward certain types of arguments over others.

It may even be the predisposition to gather news from particular sources or to vote in certain ways.

The stickleback study does not reveal a cure for such a predisposition to cancer in humans, she said.

Genes and experience would each have a unique contribution to any predisposition.

There is a clear genetic predisposition to the disease.

Another gene points to an inherited predisposition to any of a variety of cancers, including breast cancer and brain tumors.

Knowledge of genetic predisposition towards certain health problems will allow me to take precautions to mitigate the risks.

Nesting sea turtles, which show a natural predisposition for dark beaches, find fewer and fewer of them to nest on.

It's interesting to think about where this ingrained predisposition is leading us.

Of course, personalised genetics isn't much use without research into the genetic variants that affect predisposition to disease.

It is the predisposition to be inactive that leads to obesity, and not the other way around, they suggest.

Such chips can provide important clues about predisposition to disease and response to therapy.

It would likewise act to dilute any predisposition in the opposite direction.

The majority of women with breast cancer do not have a genetic predisposition for it.

Hungarians, especially the elderly, have a cultural predisposition to overmedicating.

So a certain kind of an individual is born with a genetic predisposition.

Or the rapid weight gain may reflect a baby's genetic predisposition.

Children may inherit a genetic predisposition to be intelligent.

It says nothing about it, other than there is a predisposition to believing in one found in some humans.

What is important to remember is that a genetic predisposition plus environmental factors cause this disease.

The high expectation of inflation increases the predisposition to inflation.

Today many scientists believe autism results both from genetic predisposition and from environmental influence.

Obviously these people struggle to integrate, often have predisposition to violent and criminal behavior.

It must be remembered that in the majority of insanity cases the predisposition to the disease is inherent.

These positive responses reinforce the child's predisposition.

Banaji hopes next to work with primatologists to learn about our predisposition as a species to build bias into our perceptions.

Some individuals may have a predisposition to suffer pyschosis and other mental health problems, even after single use.

So the variations can mark predisposition to a disease, or determine how an individual will react to certain drugs.

It may be because, genetically some combination might have a predisposition to survive".

Rapacz developed research animals with a genetic predisposition for.

And, to independents, this resistance to being bought is likely more desirable than a predisposition towards compromise.

Maybe this is nature's way of culling out a genetic predisposition to stupidity.

There are several theories about its cause, including a virus or a genetic predisposition set off by an environmental trigger.

The details of this predisposition are not yet known.

Barry had had a predisposition to use the crack offered him or had been tricked into.

Obesity as well as many other disease are due to predisposition and environmental interactions.

Whether such a predisposition is genetic or the result of prenatal factors, or both, is not known.

The only thing aunt and niece appear to have in common is their predisposition toward.

It's important to educate and warn families with genetic predisposition and beyond.

There's tremendous variability in predisposition for addiction.

But maybe not, and he is one of the lucky few with a genetic predisposition toward semi-eternal youth.

Music therapy is intended to enhance a patient's predisposition toward progress with conventional cancer treatments.

Women who have postpartum depression are demonstrating a predisposition to being bipolar.

But why is it less objectionable than testing individuals for a genetic predisposition to high blood.

Management of an inherited predisposition to breast cancer.

Ai's seemingly genetic predisposition to thumb his nose had been.

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Collins

World English Dictionary

predisposition (ˌpriːdɪspəˈzɪʃən)

—n
1.	the condition of being predisposed
2.	med See diathesis susceptibility to a specific disease

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Word Origin & History

predisposition

1622, from pre- + dispose (q.v.). The verb predispose is recorded from 1646.

American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

predisposition pre·dis·po·si·tion (prē'dĭs-pə-zĭsh'ən)
n.

The state of being predisposed.
A condition of special susceptibility, as to a disease.

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