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.
expatriated. 1  transitive verb. 2  1 : banish, exile. 3  2 : to withdraw (oneself) from residence in or allegiance to one's native country. 4  intransitive verb. : 5  to leave one's native country to live elsewhere; also : to renounce allegiance to one's native country.