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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
Cistron
Health care; Genetic disorders
A segment of DNA that is equivalent to a gene and that specifies a single functional unit (as a protein or enzyme).
Transcript
Health care; Genetic disorders
A sequence of RNA produced by transcription from a DNA template.
Maternal inheritance
Health care; Genetic disorders
Matroclinous inheritance; specifically: inheritance of characters transmitted through extranuclear elements (as mitochondrial DNA) in the cytoplasm of the egg.
Hemiparesis
Health care; Genetic disorders
Muscular weakness or partial paralysis restricted to one side of the body (discharged with a residual partial right hemiparesis -- P. W. Wright).
Translucent
Health care; Genetic disorders
Permitting the passage of light; especially: transmitting and diffusing light so that objects beyond cannot be seen clearly.
Electroretinogram
Health care; Genetic disorders
Recording of electric potentials in the retina after stimulation by light.
Digestion
Health care; Genetic disorders
The process of breakdown of food for metabolism and use by the body.
