Definition of "predisposing" [predisposing]

• Present participle of predispose. (verb)

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• "-- Causes may well be classified as predisposing and exciting, for there are many etiologic factors to be reckoned with in spavin, some of which are widely different in nature."
• "This practice has been identified as a predisposing factor of contracting HIV thereby increasing their vulnerability."
• "And instead of medical conditions that if untreated would likely foreshorten his life considerably, it was a medical condition that would likely produce death in relatively short order if untreated, e.g., serious cardiac arrhythmia predisposing to sudden death if not treated, maybe with a pacemaker?"