Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Predisposing; creating an inclination or disposition toward something.
- noun That which predisposes; a predisposing cause.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Disposing beforehand; predisposing.
- adjective (Med.) See Predisposing causes, under
Predispose .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Disposing beforehand;
predisposing . - noun That which
predisposes .
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Where the pulse is small this defect of distention is present, and contributes much to produce the febris irritativa pulsu debili, or irritative fever with weak pulse, called by modern writers nervous fever, as a predisponent cause.
Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
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