Thesaurus / predisposed
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It’s possible in cases of covid-related reactions, Stukus said, that the virus is “unmasking somebody who is predisposed to have hives and swelling.”
COVID MAY CAUSE RASHES AND SWELLING. THAT DOESN’T MEAN YOU’RE ‘ALLERGIC,’ EXPERTS SAY.ALLYSON CHIUDECEMBER 10, 2020WASHINGTON POSTResearch has shown genes may predispose not only our height, eye color, or weight, but also our vulnerability to mental ill-health, longevity, intelligence, and impulsivity.
HOW MUCH DO OUR GENES RESTRICT FREE WILL?HANNAH CRITCHLOWNOVEMBER 29, 2020SINGULARITY HUB Yes, we’re each predisposed to do better in some events than others, and muscle fibers play a role.
HOW YOUR MUSCLE FIBERS MIGHT PREDICT OVERTRAININGALEX HUTCHINSONOCTOBER 17, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEIf a tiny movement delay is enough to conjure up spirits, perhaps our brains are predisposed at some deep level to imagine ghosts are walking among us.
WHY DO WE SEE GHOSTS?JAKE BITTLEOCTOBER 6, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEThe harder question is what predisposes some runners more than others to this kind of damage.
THE ENDURING MYSTERY OF MUSCLE CRAMPSALEX HUTCHINSONSEPTEMBER 1, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINESome slight injury in the abdomen, as from a blow or a kick, may precipitate an attack in predisposed individuals.
ESSAYS IN PASTORAL MEDICINEAUSTIN MALLEYPredisposed by sympathy, he was soon drawn into the current of excitement and enthusiasm that was surging around him.
FREDERICK CHOPIN AS A MAN AND MUSICIANFREDERICK NIECKSAnother indication was that he found himself, in spite of such a break in the chain, distinctly predisposed to Nanda.
THE AWKWARD AGEHENRY JAMESThe renewed spectacle of his own wound had predisposed Robert to feel a great and tearful sympathy for himself.
THE REGENTE. ARNOLD BENNETTThere was another reflection also which mingled with these melancholy thoughts, and predisposed him to receive them.
THE LIFE OF HORATIO LORD NELSONROBERT SOUTHEYWORDS RELATED TO PREDISPOSED
- accommodating
- active
- amenable
- cheerful
- compliant
- consenting
- content
- deliberate
- desirous
- disposed
- eager
- energetic
- enthusiastic
- fair
- favorable
- feeling
- forward
- game
- go along with
- happy
- in accord with
- in favor
- in the mood
- inclined
- intentional
- like-minded
- obedient
- one
- pleased
- predisposed
- prepared
- prompt
- prone
- reliable
- responsible
- tractable
- unasked
- unbidden
- unforced
- voluntary
- well-disposed
- willful
- witting
- zealous
- absorbed
- affected
- attentive
- attracted
- awakened
- biased
- caught
- drawn
- eat sleep and breathe
- engrossed
- enticed
- excited
- fascinated
- fired
- gone
- hooked
- implicated
- impressed
- inspired
- inspirited
- intent
- into
- involved
- keen
- lured
- moved
- obsessed
- occupied
- on the case
- open
- partial
- partisan
- predisposed
- prejudiced
- responsive
- roused
- sold
- stimulated
- stirred
- struck
- sympathetic
- taken
- touched
- able
- adapted
- adjusted
- all bases covered
- all set
- all systems go
- arranged
- available
- disposed
- fit
- fixed
- framed
- gaffed
- groomed
- handy
- in order
- in readiness
- inclined
- minded
- of a mind
- on guard
- planned
- predisposed
- prepped
- primed
- processed
- psyched-up
- qualified
- rehearsed
- rigged
- set
- set-up
- sewed-up
- stacked
- up
- up on
- willing
- wired
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