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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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Genetic disorders
trait
Health care; Genetic disorders
1) An inherited characteristic. 2) Any detectable phenotypic property of an organism. 3) A trait is a specific characteristic of an organism. Traits can be determined by genes or the environment, or ...
frameshift mutation
Health care; Genetic disorders
1) An insertion or deletion involving a number of base pairs that is not a multiple of three and consequently disrupts the triplet reading frame, usually leading to the creation of a premature ...
synkinesis
Health care; Genetic disorders
1) An involuntary movement accompanying a volitional movement. It often refers to facial movements that accompany facial paralysis. 2) Involuntary movement in one part when another part is moved: an ...
synkinesia
Health care; Genetic disorders
1) An involuntary movement accompanying a volitional movement. It often refers to facial movements that accompany facial paralysis. 2) Involuntary movement in one part when another part is moved: an ...
thyroglobulin (TG)
Health care; Genetic disorders
1) An iodine-containing protein of the thyroid gland that on proteolysis yields thyroxine and triiodothyronine. 2) The form that thyroid hormone takes when stored in the cells of the thyroid.
glaucoma
Health care; Genetic disorders
1) An ocular disease, occurring in many forms, having as its primary characteristics an unstable or a sustained increase in the intraocular pressure which the eye cannot withstand without damage to ...
ocular tension
Health care; Genetic disorders
1) An ocular disease, occurring in many forms, having as its primary characteristics an unstable or a sustained increase in the intraocular pressure which the eye cannot withstand without damage to ...
