predisposition
pree di spuh zi shuhn
- n susceptibility to a pathogen
- n an inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way
- n a disposition in advance to react in a particular way
- Even these behaviors are in your genes, just like a predisposition to develop cancer.
- I think I probably had the genetic tolerance for the chemical, and also the genetic predisposition for the addiction to the chemical, that my parents had.
- Rampersaud found that the most physically active men and women in the study were able to stay within a normal BMI range, despite their genetic predisposition; other people with the .