Home > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Fragile x syndrome
Fragile x syndrome
A genetic disorder commonly associated with mental retardation in which the tip of the long arms of the X chromosome separates from the rest of the genetic material; most males and 30% of females with fragile X syndrome have mental retardation; males develop enlarged testicles, enlarged ears, and a prominent jaw.
This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.
0
0
Improve it
- Part of Speech: noun
- Synonym(s):
- Blossary:
- Industry/Domain: Health care
- Category: Pharmacy
- Company: McGraw-Hill
- Product:
- Acronym-Abbreviation:
Other Languages:
Member comments
Terms in the News
Featured Terms
Industry/Domain: History Category: World history
Ice Ages
The cold phases of the Pleistocene epoch, a period of extreme oscillation in global temperatures with corresponding extensions and contractions of the ...
Contributor
Featured blossaries
rufaro9102
0
Terms
41
Blossaries
4
Followers
The Vampire Diaries Characters
Category: Entertainment 2 13 Terms
Browers Terms By Category
- Electricity(962)
- Gas(53)
- Sewage(2)
Utilities(1017) Terms
- Capacitors(290)
- Resistors(152)
- Switches(102)
- LCD Panels(47)
- Power sources(7)
- Connectors(7)
Electronic components(619) Terms
- Health insurance(1657)
- Medicare & Medicaid(969)
- Life insurance(359)
- General insurance(50)
- Commercial insurance(4)
- Travel insurance(1)
Insurance(3040) Terms
- Project management(431)
- Mergers & acquisitions(316)
- Human resources(287)
- Relocation(217)
- Marketing(207)
- Event planning(177)
Business services(2022) Terms
- General Finance(7677)
- Funds(1299)
- Commodity exchange(874)
- Private equity(515)
- Accountancy(421)
- Real estate investment(192)