predisposing factor

collocation in English

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factor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfæk.tər/us
/ˈfæk.tɚ/
a fact or situation that influences the result ...
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(Definition offactorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This assumption may be true, but patient needs are only apredisposingfactor.
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The secondpredisposingfactorfollows closely on the above.
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We think that the small size of the right atrium was thepredisposingfactor.
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As such, thepredisposingfactorand the stress factor are orthogonal.
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Having high levels of economic dependence, apredisposingfactor, and low knowledge of available services, an enabling factor, were also related to use.
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Second, one should consider the role of absorption as apredisposingfactorfor hallucinations.
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Coagulopathy, particularly with a background of excessive alcohol consumption is a well-recognizedpredisposingfactor.
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Secondly, course of illness characterized by incomplete remission of symptoms following single or multiple episodes is a potentpredisposingfactorfor the acquisition of disablement by persons with psychosis.
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Most patients had more than onepredisposingfactor.
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It is apredisposingfactor.
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Full employment, by providing remunerative activity, also removes the idleness which was formerly apredisposingfactorin breaking the law.
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That, surely, must be a far more importantpredisposingfactorthan sense of resentment.
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Rheumatoid disease and gouty arthritis may be apredisposingfactorin anterior interosseous nerve entrapment.
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Decreased salivary flow rate or a change in the composition of saliva, collectively termed salivary hypofunction or hyposalivation is an importantpredisposingfactor.
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It is an independentpredisposingfactorfor heart failure, coronary artery disease, stroke, renal disease, and peripheral arterial disease.
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Another study has shown that alcohol use is a significantpredisposingfactortowards antisocial behavior in children.
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