Genetic disorders

Genetic disorders

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

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Neuroma

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) A tumour made up of nerve cells and nerve fibers. (Dorland, 27th ed) 2) This is a tumour that grows from a nerve or is composed of nerve cells and nerve fibers. - 2002

1) Anterior midline brain, cranial, and facial malformations resulting from the failure of the embryonic prosencephalon to undergo segmentation and cleavage. Alobar prosencephaly is the most severe ...

Genetic testing

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) analysing DNA to look for a genetic alteration that may indicate an increased risk for developing a specific disease or disorder. 2) analysing an individual's genetic material to determine ...

Antisense strand

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) Antisense is the non-coding DNA strand of a gene. A cell uses antisense DNA strand as a template for producing messenger RNA (mRNA) that directs the synthesis of a protein. Antisense can also ...

Lipogenesis

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) Anabolic formation of lipid compounds in organisms or living cells; this includes fats, long-chain fatty acids, and oils. 2) De novo fat synthesis in the body. This includes the synthetic ...

Side effects

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) An unwanted effect caused by a drug or therapy. Such effects can be drug related, dose related, route related, patient related, caused by an interaction with another drug, or caused by opioid ...

Hypochlorous acid

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) An oxyacid of chlorine (HClO) containing monovalent chlorine that acts as an oxidising or reducing agent. 2) An unstable strongly oxidising but weak acid HClO obtained in solution along with ...