predispoze

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(Tıp) predispose
To make someone susceptible to something (such as a disease)
{v} to incline or adopt beforehand
To dispose or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition or bias to; as, to predispose the mind to friendship
If something predisposes you to think or behave in a particular way, it makes it likely that you will think or behave in that way. They take pains to hire people whose personalities predispose them to serve customers well There is evidence to suggest that certain factors predispose some individuals to criminal behaviour. + predisposed pre·dis·posed people who are predisposed to violent crime
To make fit or susceptible beforehand; to give a tendency to; as, debility predisposes the body to disease
make susceptible; "This illness predisposes you to gain weight"
To make someone inclined to something in advance; to influence
If something predisposes you to a disease or illness, it makes it likely that you will suffer from that disease or illness. a gene that predisposes people to alcoholism. + predisposed pre·dis·posed Some people are genetically predisposed to diabetes
{f} dispose in advance, make liable beforehand; make sensitive, make susceptible
make susceptible; "This illness predisposes you to gain weight
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