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predisposition

[pree-dis-puh-zish-uhn, pree-dis-] / priˌdɪs pəˈzɪʃ ən, ˌpri dɪs- /


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But a genetic predisposition and family history aren’t the only causes of a dissection.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

Your ideal rise time is linked to your chronotype, your genetic predisposition to waking at a certain time.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 11, 2026

The Oscar-winning actor announced in 2013 that she had undergone a double mastectomy, followed by a double oophorectomy in 2015, due to her genetic predisposition to cancer.

From Barron's Dec. 15, 2025

Among other factors, they’ve identified genetic anomalies that may produce a predisposition to the condition.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 25, 2025

My general predisposition to spending a lot of time inside reading gave me a distinct advantage over the average Culver Creek student.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green

Bonta said the failure resulted in a 2023 data breach which exposed genetic predispositions and risk factors of nearly seven million users, plus information about biological relatives, ancestry, and ethnicity.

From BBC May 28, 2026

In the 1990s, teams of scientists — supported at least in part by NIH funding — tracked down the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes responsible for inherited predispositions to breast and other cancers.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2025

Certain people, because of their predispositions, tend to see the glass as being half full or half empty to begin with.

From Salon Apr. 14, 2025

To explore these mechanisms, Kozorovitskiy and her team developed a new experiment to induce acute sleep loss in mice that did not have genetic predispositions related to human mood disorders.

From Science Daily Nov. 2, 2023

Venus turns out not to oblige our predispositions.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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