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

vas deferens

Health care; Genetic disorders

A coiled tube that carries the sperm out of the testes.

biocytin

Health care; Genetic disorders

A colorless crystalline peptide C16H28N4O4S occurring naturally (as in yeast) and yielding biotin and lysine on hydrolysis.

graves disease

Health care; Genetic disorders

A common form of hyperthyroidism characterized by goiter and often a slight protrusion of the eyeballs -- called also Basedow's disease, exophthalmic goiter. Graves, Robert James (1796-1853) , ...

A complex sense concerned with the perception of bodily position and motion, mediated by end organs in the vestibular system and the semicircular canals, and stimulated by alterations in the pull of ...

barr body

Health care; Genetic disorders

A condensed mass of chromatin that represents an inactivated X chromosome.

sex chromatin

Health care; Genetic disorders

A condensed mass of chromatin that represents an inactivated X chromosome.

carpal tunnel syndrome

Health care; Genetic disorders

A condition caused by compression of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel and characterized especially by weakness, pain, and disturbances of sensation in the hand and fingers -- abbreviation CTS.