Genetic disorders

Genetic disorders

Genetic diseases, syndromes, or conditions caused by genetic variations and abnormalities in genes or chromosomes.

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Genetic disorders

atherosclerosis

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) Age, lifestyle, diet, and gene related degeneration of arteries due to deposition of lipoid plaques (atheromas) on inner arterial walls; main cause of coronary artery disease, a leading cause of ...

atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

Health care; Genetic disorders

anesthetics

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) Agents that are capable of inducing a total or partial loss of sensation, especially tactile sensation and pain. They may act to induce general anesthesia, in which an unconscious state is ...

anticoagulants

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) Agents that prevent blood clotting. Naturally occurring agents in the blood are included only when they are used as drugs. 2) A drug that helps prevent blood clots from forming. Also called a ...

sinus

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) Air-filled extensions of the respiratory part of the nasal cavity into the frontal, ethmoid, sphenoid, and maxillary cranial bones. They vary in size and form in different individuals and are ...

somatic cell

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) All the body cells except the reproductive (germ) cells. 2) A somatic cell is any cell of the body except sperm and egg cells. Somatic cells are diploid, meaning that they contain two sets of ...

somatic mutation

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) Alterations in DNA that occur after conception. Somatic mutations can occur in any of the cells of the body except the germ cells (sperm and egg) and therefore are not passed on to children. These ...