predisposition

Converse of object

• inherit: There is a genetically inherited predisposition to the illness.
• evolve: EP thus attempts to explain human nature exclusively in terms of evolved predispositions to behave in a particular way.
• indicate: He does not have a medical history which might have indicated a predisposition to this.
• have: John had a predisposition toward English keyboard players having played a lot with Nicky Hopkins.
• include: These include a genetic predisposition, diet and the environment.
• show: Rashid's DNA data showed predisposition to aggression and drug addiction.

Preposition: towards

disease: Increased knowledge of genes could lead to a more precise understanding of predisposition toward common diseases with a genetic component.

Adjective modifier

• genetic: There is a genetic predisposition to Type 1 diabetes, which occurs in 1 out of 800 people in the United States.
• familial: His research interests include familial predisposition to cancer, especially type 2 neurofibromatosis, Gorlin syndrome and breast/ovarian cancer.
• innate: Does a child have an innate predisposition to react differently to different sex others?
• hereditary: The aging process and hereditary predisposition are risk factors that cannot be altered.
• biological: Do they just ignore the extreme hunger pains or do they just have a biological predisposition to enjoy famine.
• increased: Children with a tendency to eczema have an increased predisposition to molluscum.

Modifies a noun

• syndrome: Familial predisposition syndromes are rare but have profound implications for family members.
• gene: Breast cancer predisposition genes: Cancer risks, Predictive Genetic Testing and Management of Patients.

Noun used with modifier

• breed: At vet school you quickly start to get taught about ' breed predisposition ' to disease.
• cancer: Mutations in DNA repair genes are strong candidates for at least a proportion of these unknown breast cancer predisposition alleles.
• disease: The national control body should ensure that the latter kind of test genuinely does not give information on disease predisposition or drug treatment.
• family: Influence of the type of family predisposition on the age of ulcer disease onset.

Preposition: for

disease: Dr. Gray's area of focus during his fellowship is to improve chronic care - focusing particularly on the genetic predisposition for diseases.