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

micromelia

Health care; Genetic disorders

A condition characterized by abnormally small and imperfectly developed extremities.

ketosis

Health care; Genetic disorders

A condition characterized by an abnormally elevated concentration of ketone bodies in the body tissues and fluids. It is a complication of diabetes mellitus and starvation. (Dorland, 27th ed)

autoimmune disease

Health care; Genetic disorders

A condition in which the body recognizes its own tissues as foreign and directs an immune response against them.

myopia

Health care; Genetic disorders

A condition in which the visual images come to a focus in front of the retina of the eye because of defects in the refractive media of the eye or of abnormal length of the eyeball resulting ...

hypoplasia

Health care; Genetic disorders

A condition of arrested development in which an organ or part remains below the normal size or in an immature state.

azoospermia

Health care; Genetic disorders

A condition of having no sperm present in the ejaculate.

imperforate anus

Health care; Genetic disorders

A congenital abnormality characterized by the persistence of the anal membrane, resulting in a thin membrane covering the normal anal canal. Imperforation is not always complete and is treated by ...