PREDISPOSITION
\pɹiːdˌɪspəzˈɪʃən], \pɹiːdˌɪspəzˈɪʃən], \p_ɹ_iː_d_ˌɪ_s_p_ə_z_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of PREDISPOSITION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a disposition in advance to react in a particular way
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an inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way
By Princeton University
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a disposition in advance to react in a particular way
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an inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of predisposing, or the state of being predisposed; previous inclination, tendency, or propensity; predilection; -- applied to the mind; as, a predisposition to anger.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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That constitution or condition of the body, which disposes it to the action of disease under the application of an exciting cause. Thus, in hereditary diseases, the conformation is such, that but a slight exciting cause may be required to produce them. When the disease arises solely from the predisposition, or under the additional influence of an extremely slight exciting cause, it is, by some, termed a disposition.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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An abnormal liability to respond to irritants or stimuli so that the development of morbid conditions is favored. It may be inherited or acquired. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. Act of predisposing or state of being predisposed ; previous inclination or propensity ;-previous fitness or adaptation to any change, impression, or purpose.
