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What is meant by Genetic predisposition?

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Genetic predisposition or susceptibility is a probability of acquiring or suffering from a particular disease based on heredity or genetic makeup of an organism. Various genetic disease is haemophilia, cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy etc.

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