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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

Unilateral

Health care; Genetic disorders

Occurring on, performed on, or affecting one side of the body or one of its parts.

Excrete

Health care; Genetic disorders

To separate and eliminate or discharge (waste) from the blood or tissues or from the active protoplasm.

Paracentric inversion

Health care; Genetic disorders

An inversion in which the breakpoints are confined to one arm of a chromosome; the inverted segment does not span the centromere.

Pseudoglioma

Health care; Genetic disorders

An inflammatory condition of the eye which resembles glioma of the retina and is marked by a circumscribed suppurative inflammation of the vitreous body.

Peripheral stem cell

Health care; Genetic disorders

Immature cells found circulating in the bloodstream. New blood cells develop from peripheral stem cells.

Developmental retardation

Health care; Genetic disorders

Delays in any or all areas including cognitive, social, language, sensory, and emotional development.

Metaphysis of bone

Health care; Genetic disorders

The transitional zone at which the diaphysis and epiphysis of a bone come together.

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