predisposing
- present participle of predispose.
Example Sentences
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Predisposing factors for persistent sinus trouble are numerous, ranging from a deviated septum and bad allergies to immunodeficiency.
From New York Times • May 12, 2011
Predisposing Causes.—Overcrowding; dark unhealthy rooms; prolonged fatigue; mental depression.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson
ETIOLOGY.—The etiology of typhus fever will be best studied under the heads Predisposing and Exciting Causes.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Predisposing Causes.—By the heading of this chapter we have already intimated that corns are due to faulty conformation of the foot.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton
This we shall do under two headings—namely, Predisposing and Exciting.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton
