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What is a predisposition?

What is a predisposition? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. the state of being predisposed or susceptible to something, especially to a disease or other health problem
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This latent predisposition would underlie the adolescent's risk for runaway and experiences with parents, teachers, classmates, and friends.
A predisposition to sectarianism came to Australia in the mental baggage of many migrants.
In many patients there appears to be a genetic predisposition to the illness because other family members also may have tics, he says.
Houllier will now have a predisposition to the condition and must watch the levels of cholesterol in his blood.
A predisposition to obesity can come from genetics or an imbalance of body chemistry.
Worse, some confined herds show horrific predisposition to mange, a disease rarely affecting free-ranging animals.

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