predisposing

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Predisposing factors for persistent sinus trouble are numerous, ranging from a deviated septum and bad allergies to immunodeficiency.

From New York Times • May 12, 2011

Predisposing causes cannot long accumulate and fester, without curdling into vital action.

From Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman by Sieveking, Giberne

Predisposing causes are found in disease, dissipation, or defective nurture.

From Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women by Various

Predisposing Causes of Contraction.—Among these we will first mention heredity, although it is possible it should not be deemed of so great account as it is by some.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton

ETIOLOGY.—The etiology of typhus fever will be best studied under the heads Predisposing and Exciting Causes.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various