Predisposition

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Previous fitness or adaptation to any change, impression, or purpose; susceptibility;

— applied to material things; as, the predisposition of the body to disease.

II. Predisposition ·noun The act of predisposing, or the state of being predisposed; previous inclination, tendency, or propensity; predilection;

— applied to the mind; as, a predisposition to anger.