predispose

Preposition: towards

disease: A prolonged marginal deficiency of vitamin C may not lead to clinical symptoms, but may predispose toward heart disease and lowered immunity.

Object

• factor: The kinds of predisposing factors outlined above all have a powerful effect on the human nervous system.
• gene: However, the loss is more likely to turn into clinical depression only in people with predisposing genes.
• mouse: Now, a study using genetically modified mice predisposed to Alzheimer's disease has shown that oxidative damage precedes the plaques.
• patient: The same method is used to detect whether a specific gene is responsible for predisposing a patient toward side effects on certain medication.
• person: Each predisposes a person to a particular range of health problems.
• animal: In theory this could predispose the animal to develop a true " stroke " .

Infinitive complement

• listen: I am thus predisposed to listen respectfully to any criticism he has of my work.
• believe: Believers in God must be predisposed to believe in a soul, in some sense.
• develop: Siamese cats are also thought to be predisposed to develop diabetes.
• suffer: Due to selective breeding, most pedigree dog breeds are genetically predisposed to suffer.
• feel: Why is it we seem to be biologically predisposed to feel more negative emotions than positive emotions?
• learn: Materials design may be informed by this research in sequencing the introduction of new elements in the order learners appear predisposed to learn.

Modifying Another Word

• genetically: Due to selective breeding, most pedigree dog breeds are genetically predisposed to suffer.
• strongly: For familial cases, no single gene has been identified that strongly predisposes a person to MS.
• already: It poses a particular dilemma for a species already predisposed to enter a state of denial about personal mortality.
• often: In addition, subclinical deficiencies often predisposes animals to other diseases.
• also: Indeed, the extent to which the earlier NSAIDs might also predispose to cardiovascular events has still not been resolved.
• not: Your mother's MND does not predispose you to the same problem.