Genetic disorders

Genetic disorders

Genetic diseases, syndromes, or conditions caused by genetic variations and abnormalities in genes or chromosomes.

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Reversion

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) An act or the process of returning (as to a former condition); 2) A return toward an ancestral type or condition: reappearance of an ancestral character. 3) A product of reversion; specifically: ...

Nucleolus

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) Within most types of eukaryotic cell nucleus, a distinct region, not delimited by a membrane, in which some species of rRNA (RNA, ribosomal) are synthesised and assembled into ribonucleoprotein ...

Shock

Health care; Genetic disorders

1. A sudden or violent disturbance in the mental or emotional faculties. 2. A state of profound depression of the vital processes of the body that is characterised by pallor, rapid but weak pulse, ...

Spectrum

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) A continuum of colour formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order; 2) Any of various continua that ...

Menopause

Health care; Genetic disorders

1): The natural cessation of menstruation occurring usually between the ages of 45 and 55 with a mean in Western cultures of approximately 51. 2) The physiological period in the life of a woman in ...

Heterozygous

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) With respect to a particular trait or condition, an individual who has inherited two different alleles, usually one normal and the other abnormal, at a particular locus. 2) Heterozygous refers to ...

Phosphate

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) A salt or ester of a phosphoric acid; 2) The trivalent anion PO43- derived from phosphoric acid (H3PO4) . 3) An organic compound of phosphoric acid in which the acid group is bound to nitrogen ...