diathesis

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But what the doctors call a diathesis, a predisposition to some given disease, is most certainly heritable--a fact which Karl Pearson and others have proved by statistics that can not be given here.

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  1. noun A hereditary predisposition of the body to a disease, a group of diseases, an allergy, or another disorder.
  2. noun Grammar See voice.

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  1. Greek, disposition, condition, from diatithenai, diathe-, to dispose : dia-, dia- + tithenai, to place, set; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek διάθεσις, arrangement, disposition, state, condition (of body or mind), from διατιθέναι, arrange, dispose, place separately, from διά, apart, + τιθέναι, place, put. Cf. thesis.
 

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/daɪˈæθɛsɪs/
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