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PREDISPOSING CAUSE

\pɹiːdɪspˈə͡ʊzɪŋ kˈɔːz], \pɹiːdɪspˈə‍ʊzɪŋ kˈɔːz], \p_ɹ_iː_d_ɪ_s_p_ˈəʊ_z_ɪ_ŋ k_ˈɔː_z]\

Definitions of PREDISPOSING CAUSE

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Anything which produces a susceptibility or predisposition to a disease without exciting the disease itself.
Anything affecting the body is such a way as to render it vulnerable to the action of the exciting cause.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

See predisponent cause.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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