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predispose

Main Entry:	pre·dis·pose [pree-di-spohz] /ˌpridɪˈspoʊz/ Show Spelled
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Certain genetic disorders predispose people to respiratory infections.

They could be ones that predispose a person to impulsivity, for instance, or sensation seeking.

The results indicate that the cellular changes could predispose the prostate to disease in adulthood.

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Certain genetic disorders predispose people to respiratory infections.

They could be ones that predispose a person to impulsivity, for instance, or sensation seeking.

The results indicate that the cellular changes could predispose the prostate to disease in adulthood.

It should be a major goal of science to understand the genes that predispose us to do one thing as opposed to another.

Maybe getting cold and damp does not predispose people to catch a cold.

However, if your genes predispose you to asthma or obesity, eradication may be unwise.

Scientists know that small variations in certain genes can predispose people to cancers or heart disease.

We will live according to what our own specific genetic risks predispose us toward.

Antidepressants help with strokes, but surveys also show them to predispose to stroke.

We have already identified genes which predispose for many diseases.

Haidt's view, are innate psychological mechanisms that predispose children to absorb certain virtues.

Azithromycin blocks autophagy and may predispose cystic fibrosis patients to mycobacterial infection.

Any damage to this genetic structure may predispose a man to having children with genetic anomalies.

She noted that it is possible that there are several different genes that predispose to the illness in various families.

Other studies suggest that certain jobs may predispose workers or their children to brain.

But scientists are also studying genes that may predispose girls and women to the disorder.

By contrast, hostility and anger appear to be psychological traits that predispose men to second heart attacks.

But research suggests that the same genetic factors predispose people to both.

But scientists are also studying genes that may predispose girls and women to the.

Another highly contentious study suggested that too much time in day care may predispose a child to bullying:.

As a practical matter, it should not promote or even predispose itself towards the values of any particular religion.

Geneticists agree that the medically important issue is not race itself but the genes that predispose a person to disease.

However, a direct blow to the eye or penetration of the eyeball can predispose a person to the disorder.

Silver is among a growing number of scientists searching for genes that predispose people to complex.

Genes that predispose people to depression, though, also influence their risk of experiencing negative environmental events.

They find your genetics may predispose you to expensive illnesses.

But researchers do have a growing knowledge of some of the factors that predispose people to heat illness.

While some of this might be due to shared smoking, some evidence suggests there are certain genes that predispose to lung cancer.

We are born with personalities which predispose us to react more or less to traumatic events.

Bong lung: regular smokers of cannabis show relatively distinctive histologic changes that predispose to pneumothorax.

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