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

newborn screening

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) Testing done within days of birth to identify infants at increased risk for a specific genetic disorder so that treatment can begin as soon as possible; when a newborn screening result is ...

carrier testing

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) Testing used to identify usually asymptomatic individuals who have a gene mutation for an autosomal recessive or X-linked recessive disorder. 2) Carrier screening is a type of genetic testing ...

1) The act or process of adapting: the state of being adapted (his ingenious adaptation of the electric cautery knife to...surgery -- George Blumer). 2) Adjustment to environmental conditions: as a) ...

excretion

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) The act or process of excreting. 2) Something eliminated by the process of excretion that is composed chiefly of urine or sweat in mammals including humans and of comparable materials in other ...

cohesion

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) The act or process of sticking together tightly. 2) The molecular attraction by which the particles of a body are united throughout the mass.

contraction

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) The action or process of contracting: the state of being contracted (contraction of hepatitis, lung expansion and contraction in breathing--P. G. Donohue). 2) The action of a functioning muscle or ...

proband

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) The affected individual through whom a family with a genetic disorder is ascertained; may or may not be the consultand (the individual presenting for genetic counseling) 2) A proband is an ...