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diathesis::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | predisposition, sensitivity |
Examples of diathesis
diathesis
In its original sense, then, diathesis was related to heredity, but not synonymous with it.
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Diathesis and constitution were often discussed in the form of a metaphor of seed and soil.
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The 1902 paper began to elaborate a biochemical theory of diathesis, which Garrod developed over the succeeding decades.
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The Hippocratic physicians, Aristotle, and Galen all used the concept of diathesis to describe the way a person responds to his environment.
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The diathesis-stress model specifies that depression results when a preexisting vulnerability, or diathesis, is activated by stressful life events.
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One explanation involving a diathesis-stress model suggests that the job-related stressors helped precipitate the first episode in already-vulnerable individuals.
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Unlike in a diathesis-stress interaction, the environmental factor in a bioecological interaction does not necessarily act on the same biological substrate as the genetic risk factors.
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- Constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality
- A mental or physical [inherited or acquired] chronic predisposition or disease state.
- Diathesis is a vulnerability or predisposition to certain diseases.
- The mismatch involves morphology which marks alternations in verbal argument structure.
- A constitution or condition of the body which makes the tissues react in special ways to certain extrinsic stimuli and thus tends to make the person unusually susceptible to certain diseases.
- A genetic predisposition toward an abnormal or diseased condition.
- The medical term for predisposition. The stress/diathesis model is a diagram that is used to explain why some people are at greater risk of suicidal behavior than others.
- Susceptibility to disease
