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Predisposing causes

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(Med.) causes which render the body liable to disease; predisponent causes.

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Today we know that vaccinating against chickenpox not only minimizes the spread of the disease, but also eliminates one of the predisposing causes of flesh-eating strep and other serious secondary bacterial infections," says Daniel Aronzon, M.
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