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

medullary thyroid carcinoma

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) This carcinoma comprises less than 10% of all thyroid cancers. This specific type as significant diagnostic importance because of its aggressive nature and its close association with multiple ...

1) This is a rare insulin secreting neuroendocrine tumor. The majority of insulinomas are small, non-metastatic and occur as solitary tumors. They are most often confined to the pancreas. Diagnostic ...

thymine

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) Thymine (T) is one of four chemical bases in DNA, the other three being adenine (A), cytosine (C), and guanine (G). Within the DNA molecule, thymine bases located on one strand form chemical bonds ...

alveoli

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) Tiny air sacs at the end of the bronchioles in the lungs. 2) A small cavity or pit: as a) a socket in the jaw for a tooth; b) any of the small thin-walled air-containing compartments of the lung ...

alveolus

Health care; Genetic disorders

connective tissue

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) Tissue that supports and binds other tissues. It consists of connective tissue cells embedded in a large amount of extracellular matrix. 2) Supporting tissue that surrounds other tissues and ...

genetic inheritance

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) Transmitted through genes that have been passed from parents to their offspring (children). 2) The reception of genetic qualities by transmission from parent to offspring. 3) All of the genetic ...