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predispose
In other words, women's genes will predispose them to start reproducing earlier.
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But no one knows if specific genes predispose people to live to extreme old age.
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Take the example of BRCA1 mutations that predispose to breast and ovarian cancer.
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Weak and tight shoulder muscles may predispose athletes of all ages to injury.
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In addition, common risk factors could predispose older adults to both conditions.
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Environmental allergies, smoke, dust, and genetics all predispose a cat to asthma.
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First, the price, $8, will predispose you to search desperately for justification.
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These traits include those that may predispose for a risk or resistance to disease.
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Similarly, a lot of medications can predispose older patients to becoming confused.
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- Make susceptible; "This illness predisposes you to gain weight"
- (predisposition) sensitivity: susceptibility to a pathogen
- (predisposition) an inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way
- (Predisposition (law)) In criminal law, entrapment is constituted by a law enforcement agent inducing a person to commit an offense that the person would otherwise have been unlikely to commit. In many jurisdictions, entrapment is a possible defense against criminal liability. ...
- To make someone susceptible to something (such as a disease); To make someone inclined to something in advance; to influence
- (predisposition) susceptibility to a disease that can be triggered under certain conditions. For example, some women have a family history of breast cancer and are therefore more likely (but not necessarily destined) to develop breast cancer.
- (predisposition) a tendency towards something.
- A predisposition is a natural tendency to behave and/or think in a certain way.
- (predisposition) the natural tendency a person has, apart from (or before having) any experience, to be morally good or evil. (Cf. disposition.)
