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  • prédisposé — ⇒PRÉDISPOSÉ, ÉE, part. passé et adj. I. Part. passé de prédisposer. II. Adj., MÉD. Dont l organisme présente une vulnérabilité à un certain type de maladie. Action fluidifiante sur le sang circulant, réduisant chez les sujets prédisposés les… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Predispose — Pre dis*pose , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predisposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Predisposing}.] [Pref. pre + dispose: cf. F. pr[ e]disposer.] 1. To dispose or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition or bias to; as, to predispose the mind to friendship.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • predispose — pre·dis·pose /ˌprē di spōz/ vt posed, pos·ing: to dispose or incline in advance; specif: to make ready and willing to commit a crime have been predisposed to engage in criminal behavior W. R. LaFave and J. H. Israel ◇ Predisposition on the part… …   Law dictionary

  • prédisposé — prédisposé, ée (pré di spô zé, zée) part. passé de prédisposer. Prédisposé à une maladie …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • predispose — (v.) 1640s, perhaps a back formation from PREDISPOSITION (Cf. predisposition). Related: Predisposed; predisposing …   Etymology dictionary

  • predispose — dispose, *incline, bias Analogous words: influence, sway, *affect, touch, impress, strike …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • predispose — [v] influence to believe something activate, affect, animate, bend*, bias, cultivate, dispose, govern, impress, incline, indoctrinate, induce, inspire, lead, make expectant, make of a mind to*, prejudice, prepare, prime, prompt, stimulate, strike …   New thesaurus

  • predispose — ► VERB ▪ make liable or inclined to a specified attitude, action, or condition. DERIVATIVES predisposition noun …   English terms dictionary

  • predispose — [prē΄dis pōz′] vt. predisposed, predisposing to dispose, or make receptive, beforehand; make susceptible [fatigue predisposes one to illness] …   English World dictionary

  • predispose — pre|dis|pose [ˌpri:dısˈpəuz US ˈpouz] v [T] 1.) to make someone more likely to suffer from a particular health problem predispose sb to sth ▪ Diabetes predisposes patients to infections. 2.) to make someone more likely to behave or think in a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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