The World Health Organization offers information about genetic predisposition to several common diseases, including cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and asthma. Genetic Alliance UK offers a fact sheet on genetic predisposition to common genetic diseases.enetic variations can have large or small effects on the likelihood of developing a particular disease. For example, certain mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes greatly increase a personâs risk of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer.
Relinquish definition, to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne. See more.
Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: 1  waive, relinquish, forgo, forego, foreswear, dispense with(verb) do without or cease to hold or adhere to. 2  forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego(verb) lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime.