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Genetic disorders
Genetic diseases, syndromes, or conditions caused by genetic variations and abnormalities in genes or chromosomes.
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hypokinesia
Health care; Genetic disorders
Abnormally decreased muscular movement (as in spaceflight).
genome
Health care; Genetic disorders
The genome is the entire set of genetic instructions found in a cell. In humans, the genome consists of 23 pairs of chromosomes, found in the nucleus, as well as a small chromosome found in the ...
plaque
Health care; Genetic disorders
In medicine, a small, abnormal patch of tissue on a body part or an organ. Plaques may also be a build-up of substances from a fluid, such as cholesterol in the blood vessels.
in vivo
Health care; Genetic disorders
Located or occurring in the body; the opposite of in vitro (located or occurring outside the body).
euchromatin
Health care; Genetic disorders
The genetically active portion of chromatin that is largely composed of genes.
