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.
verb (used with object), waived, waiving. 1. to refrain from claiming or insisting on; give up; forgo: to waive one's right; to waive one's rank; to waive honors. 2. Law. to relinquish (a known right, interest, etc.) intentionally. 3. to put aside for the time; defer; postpone; dispense with: to waive formalities.