PREDISPOSITION


Meaning of PREDISPOSITION in English

— predispositional , adj.

/pree dis'peuh zish"euhn, pree'dis-/ , n.

1. the fact or condition of being predisposed: a predisposition to think optimistically.

2. Med. tendency to a condition or quality, usually based on the combined effects of genetic and environmental factors.

[ 1615-25; PRE- + DISPOSITION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .