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PREDISPOSE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make susceptible

Example:

This illness predisposes you to gain weight

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "predispose" is one way to...):

dispose; incline (make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

predisposition (an inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way)

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 Context examples: 

Individuals who harbor cancer-predisposing genes require fewer somatic mutations for transformation of a particular cell, thereby predisposing them to the development of cancer.

(Cancer-Predisposing Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Cytogenetic aberrations in the FANCM gene are both a cause of Fanconi anemia and a predisposing factor in the development of malignancies.

(FANCM wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Genetic diseases are diseases in which inherited genes predispose to increased risk.

(Genetic Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

It is a condition that predisposes to the development of ulcer and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma.

(Persistent Superficial Gastritis, NCI Thesaurus)

Medicine applied to diseases that predispose to cancer.

(Medicine, Precancer, NCI Thesaurus)

Deficiency of C3 also impairs clearance of circulating immune complexes and therefore predisposes to rheumatic and renal disease.

(C3 Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

The surviving cells also showed signs of DNA damage which means they can be predisposed to developing cancer in the future.

(Lung damage from agricultural fires probed, SciDev.Net)

It causes arrhythmogenic right ventricle cardiomyopathy (ARVC), which is a genetic disorder that predisposes patients to cardiac arrest and is a major cause of unexpected death in seemingly healthy young people.

(Gene Causes Sudden Death in Young People, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

By contrast, only chronic sleep loss activates microglia cells and promotes their phagocytic activity ... suggesting that extended sleep disruption may prime microglia and perhaps predispose the brain to other forms of insult.

(Lack of Sleep Makes Brain to Literally Eat Itself, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

While some of these genetic variants predisposed people to become obese, other variants provided protection against obesity and some of its major complications, such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

(Discovery of genetic variants that protect against obesity and type 2 diabetes could lead to new weight loss medicines, University of Cambridge)