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

emphysema

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) A subcategory of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The disease is characterized by anatomic alterations of the lungs, such as the enlargement of airspaces and destruction of alveolar ...

pulmonary emphysema

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) A subcategory of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The disease is characterized by anatomic alterations of the lungs, such as the enlargement of airspaces and destruction of alveolar ...

1) A sudden attack (as of disease); especially: the physical manifestations (as convulsions, sensory disturbances, or loss of consciousness) resulting from abnormal electrical discharges in the brain ...

long QT syndrome (LATS)

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) A syndrome characterized by history of syncopal episodes and a long QT interval, sometimes leading to sudden death due to paroxysmal ventricular arrhythmia. A form associated with autosomal ...

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) A syndrome resulting from the acquired deficiency of cellular immunity caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It is characterized by the reduction of the Helper T-lymphocytes in the ...

lymphatic system

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) A system of organs and tissues that process and transport immune cells and lymph. 2) The tissues and organs that produce, store, and carry white blood cells that fight infections and other ...

consensus sequence

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) A theoretical representative nucleotide or amino acid sequence in which each nucleotide or amino acid is the one which occurs most frequently at that site in the different sequences which occur in ...