Disease susceptibility

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
רגישות למחלות
Name (Latin)
Disease susceptibility
Name (Arabic)
قابلية الإصابة بالمرض
Other forms of name
nne Diathesis
Disease predisposition
Disease proneness
Diseases
Predisposition to disease
Proneness to disease
Susceptibility to disease
See Also From tracing topical name
Diseases Causes and theories of causation
Constitutional diseases
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q1209220
Library of congress: sh 85037625
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Variations in susceptibility to inhaled pollutants.
  • MESH(Disease susceptibility)
  • NIH(Disease proneness-risk)
  • Dorland's med. dict.(susceptible)

Wikipedia description:

In medicine and allied fields, diathesis (IPA: ) (from Greek διάθεσις) is a hereditary or constitutional predisposition to a group of diseases, an allergy, or other disorder. There are many types of diathesis. Some including strumous diathesis, sthenic diathesis, and many more. Atopic diathesis is a predisposition to develop one or more of hay fever, allergic rhinitis, bronchial asthma, or atopic dermatitis.

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