has_part has part has_part inheres_in realized_by process pathogenic disposition infectious disposition Albert Goldfain A pathogenic disposition that inheres in an organism and is the disposition for that organism (1) to be transmitted to a host, (2) to establish itself in the host, and (3) to become part of a disorder in the host. Lindsay Cowell The disposition is realized in a process that has as part a transmission process, an establishment in host process, and a process in which an entity becomes part of a disorder. The infectious disposition has a complementary disposition that inheres in an organism and is the capability to be host to an entity with an infectious disposition and to undergo processes intiated by that entity that result in a disorder. Alexander Diehl establishment of localization in host appearance of disorder organism transmission process Suggested label: pathogen transmission process transmission process