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

Translocation

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) A chromosome alteration in which a whole chromosome or segment of a chromosome becomes attached to or interchanged with another whole chromosome or segment, the resulting hybrid segregating ...

1) A chronic systemic disease, primarily of the joints, marked by inflammatory changes in the synovial membranes and articular structures, widespread fibrinoid degeneration of the collagen fibres in ...

Sex chromosomes

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) A chromosome involved in sex determination. 2) A sex chromosome is a type of chromosome that participates in sex determination. Humans and most other mammals have two sex chromosomes, the X and ...

Gonosomes

Health care; Genetic disorders

Insertion

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) A chromosome abnormality in which material from one chromosome is inserted into another nonhomologous chromosome; a mutation in which a segment of DNA is inserted into a gene or other segment of ...

Molecule

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) A chemical made up of two or more atoms. The atoms in a molecule can be the same (an oxygen molecule has two oxygen atoms) or different (a water molecule has two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen ...

Cyanosed

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) A bluish or purplish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes due to an increase in the amount of deoxygenated haemoglobin in the blood or a structural defect in the haemoglobin molecule. 2) ...