predisposition
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Predisposition and immunity—Pathological conditions vary—Hardy varieties—"Disease-proof" varieties—Disease dodging—Thick skins—Indian wheats, etc.
From Disease in Plants by Ward, H. Marshall
Predisposition counts for so little that it is a vanishing factor.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
Predisposition to the miraculous in some states of society, 362.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
Predisposition is, of course, a personal quality—a factor of primary importance in our susceptibility to or power to resist disease or in our capacity to withstand adverse conditions.
From Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women by Various
Inheritance of a Predisposition Not Inheritance of a Disease.—We must discriminate sharply also between the inheritance of a predisposition and the inheritance of a disease itself.
From Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics by Guyer, Michael F.
Vocabulary lists containing predisposition
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