Clinical Attribute
disease susceptibility
dis·ease sus·cep·ti·bil·i·ty
Subclass of:
Disease Attributes; Body Constitution
Definitions related to disease susceptibility:
  • A constitution or condition of the body which makes the tissues react in special ways to certain extrinsic stimuli and thus tends to make the individual more than usually susceptible to certain diseases.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (disease/disorder proneness/risk) Factors that affect the probability or predisposition of an individual to the development of a disease(s) or disorder(s).
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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