predisposition in English

noun
1
a liability or tendency to suffer from a particular condition, hold a particular attitude, or act in a particular way.
a child may inherit a predisposition to schizophrenia

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1. Humanity, which has an obvious predisposition towards goodness, has an equally strong predisposition towards evil.

2. a predisposition to like something.

3. This predisposition may be genetically determined.

4. This predisposition may bespeak a different mentality.

5. There is a certain genetic predisposition to alopecia areata.

6. Some kind of genetic predisposition also is likely.

7. A predisposition for bladder infections may run in families .

8. There are interactions between genetic predisposition and environmental factors.

9. She has an annoying predisposition to find fault wherever she goes.

10. The diathesis, or predisposition, interacts with the individual's subsequent stress response.

11. Some people are born with a predisposition to schizophrenia, he says.

12. Individuals with Dupuytren's disease have a genetically-determined predisposition to the condition.

13. 1 She has an annoying predisposition to find fault wherever she goes.

14. 12 Some people are born with a predisposition to schizophrenia, he says.

15. Genetic screening to identify a person’s predisposition to certain illnesses is already possible.

16. PGD represents an alternative to prenatal diagnosis for couples with genetic predisposition for disorders.

17. Some people may have a predisposition to the genetic mutations that lead to disease.

18. Bronchial asthma life is a family affair, and hence a predisposition to it is inherited

19. The cause of Melkersson–Rosenthal syndrome is unknown, but there may be a genetic predisposition.

20. Akita’s, like many dogs bred for guarding, may inherit a certain predisposition to aggression

21. Autoimmune disease commonly occurs in multiple members of a family, indicating a genetic predisposition

22. Stress signals can manifest themselves in different ways according to the individual's predisposition and personality.

23. There are several hundred drugs which could affect a person with a predisposition to seizures.

24. Widespread usage of light magnesium alloys is constrained due to their predisposition to corrosion and abrasion.

25. These may be people who seem to have always been anxious, people with a predisposition to worry.

26. Evidence supporting a genetic component to predisposition comes mainly from a large study of 15924 male twin pairs.

27. However, a genetic predisposition does not seem to be the only factor that accounts for these disorders.

28. There is a genetic predisposition to develop alopecia areata, whereas environmental triggers have so far not been identified.

29. Also, phobophobia can be developed when anxiety disorders are not treated, creating an extreme predisposition to other phobias.

30. Perhaps in people with a genetic predisposition, the trigger sends the immune system into permanent overdrive and disarray.

31. Chow Chows are a high risk breed for autoimmune disease and are at a predisposition for skin melanoma

32. Trauma at birth may also play some part in forming the newborn infant's predisposition to develop the disorder.

33. Avi emphasizes a comprehensive reading of charts and wave counts that is free of personal bias or predisposition

34. These findings suggest that individuals with an abrupt transition have a greater predisposition to injures at the thoracolumbar junction.

35. We are not looking for a single gene which is wholly responsible for a disorder or a behavioural predisposition.

36. In the case of "proclivity" it might run something along the lines of "an inclination or predisposition toward something."

37. This rare disorder is clearly distinct from Alopecia areata (AA1; 104000), which has an autoimmune basis with probable genetic predisposition.

38. An elevated risk of WT is also observed in some overgrowth syndromes, various tumor predisposition syndromes, and specific constitutional aneuploidies.

39. Thus, to assume that the creation of a predisposition to buy is a sufficient explanation of buyer behavior seems untenable.

40. The main photograph in the public domain shows a cherubic, smiling 11-year-old with a predisposition for his father's chubbiness.

41. 24 Perinatal complications among babies born with an inherited predisposition towards schizophrenia may be implicated in the later manifestation of this disorder.

42. Should criminals be dealt with as victims of their genetic code, being able to claim diminished responsibility because of a genetic predisposition?

43. This Apolitical predisposition to mock precisely the kinds of people who'll actually pay to watch this kind of film is the height of contemptuousness

44. The diathesis–stress model asserts that if the combination of the predisposition and the stress exceeds a threshold, the person will develop a disorder.

45. – Michael Hogg ‘An Attitude is a learned predisposition to respond in a favorable or unfavorable manner towards people, an object, an idea or a situation

46. The ready Complaisance of a person solicited to commit a crime by a police officer or agent is evidence of his predisposition to commit such crime

47. This predisposition is either due to a too voluminous ligamentum teres, capsular hyperlaxity, insufficiently deep acetabulum or blunt acetabular roof acquired by foetal malposition in utero.

48. As a so far undescribed predisposition for neurotoxicity of oral therapy with acyclovir signs of vascular encephalopathy were found in the patient’s cranial magnetic resonance imaging.

49. BRCA2 alleles including those with mutations in the BRCA2 gene which are associated with a predisposition to develop cancer, especially breast and ovarian cancer, are also disclosed.

50. Attitudes are predispositions: An attitude is a predisposition – a prior determined or learnt view of a thing or tendency to act in a specific way towards a thing