Conditional

Conditional (from Latin conditio - condition); this term, introduced into the doctrine of constitution by Tandler and J. Bauer, denotes everything that has arisen under the influence of external conditions, acquired by the individual during his intrauterine and subsequent extrauterine life. In opposition to the conditional, Bauer considers only that which is inherent in the individual's genotype as 'constitutional'. According to this terminology, therefore, K. corresponds to the paratype. Thus, individual predisposition according to J. Bauer's terminology can be constitutional, conditional, or combined. For example, he speaks of a 'constitutional predisposition' to tuberculosis if it depends on an inherited narrow chest, etc., and of a 'conditional' predisposition if it arose, for example, as a result of having had measles or whooping cough.