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.
v. quit quitâ¢ted, quitâ¢ting, v.t. 1. to stop, cease, or discontinue. 2. to depart from; leave (a place or person). 3. to resign; relinquish: He quit his claim to the throne. 4. to release one's hold of (something grasped).