At least 10 percent of melanoma arises in families that inherit a predisposing gene.

Patients who have predisposing conditions are shown to have 5% higher recovery rate of the bacteria in blood cultures.

Such "predisposing genes" can be identified using sensitized screens.

Women appear to be at increased risk for silent stroke, with hypertension and current cigarette smoking being predisposing factors.

To minimize the risk for contrast-induced nephropathy, various actions can be taken if the patient has predisposing conditions.

These organisms are associated with certain predisposing conditions:

Brain trauma is one of the strongest predisposing factors for epilepsy development, and is an especially important factor in young adults.

Race seems to be one of the most predisposing factors and it may have a genetic component, since it has been reported to occur within families.

Although the theory of attachment disorder has its critics, Dr. Kienlen and other experts in stalking believe it may be a "predisposing factor" for stalking behavior by making it difficult for the person to establish and maintain healthy relationships.

A predisposing tumour suppressor gene for breast and ovarian cancer families, BRCA1, has been mapped by linkage analysis on the long term of chromosome 17, close to but probably distinct from the region noted in sporadic ovarian cancer.

You just have to come to the book predisposed to look for them.

"Whatever he says at this point, people are predisposed not to believe."

Most, in fact, do not get the disease they are predisposed to.

I think the majority in the Senate are predisposed to help.

Good; at least they're going to be predisposed to listen to me.

The same thing is true for those who are genetically predisposed.

But they said the market was predisposed toward the dollar.

So they would be predisposed to believe a breakdown now.

Also, some conditions in a mother may predispose her baby to heart disease.

"So it pretty much predisposed me to interact with things more than people."

Some population groups might be genetically predisposed to one or the other.

I had been predisposed to like her because of that scar.

After all, Tyler had tried it once, so he was predisposed.

The public is predisposed to give the government a free hand in its search for terrorists.

It can only indicate whether a person is predisposed to a condition.

Set or attitude- animals are predisposed to act in a specific way.

This interest may have predisposed him toward a career in archaeology.

Some people are more predisposed to developing the disease than others, doctors say.

She was a girl, which greatly predisposed him towards her.

The studies do suggest that some of us are more predisposed to obesity than others.

Being left alone is not something dogs are genetically predisposed to.

But no observation, however simple, can be made except by those predisposed to make it.

I would not even say that genes make you more predisposed to being a criminal either.

Democrats are predisposed to blame their own, he said, no matter how much they once loved them.

Nothing, other than an easy grace, predisposed the new king to royalty.