- past participle of predispose.
- past tense form of predispose.
predisposed
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"Exosomes are used to communicate with and activate surrounding cells, and we have now identified a defect in both the production and the quality of exosomes in cells that we know are predisposed to Alzheimer's."
From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2025
"Clearly, the authors of these papers are predisposed in favour of Nova since they created it," she said, adding that more research is needed to identify the exact mechanisms that UPFs could be causing harm.
From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025
She underwent two DNA tests at the University of Washington to see if she had any genes that might have predisposed her.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 14, 2025
“We adults have persuaded ourselves that this is one of the bonuses of being a child, that you can revel in magical creatures. But there isn’t much evidence that children are predisposed to magical thinking.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2024
Or was he more or less predisposed than the rest of us to lose his focus, take his eyes from the road, fiddle with his phone?
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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