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

Hypoglycemia

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) Abnormal decrease of sugar in the blood. 2) Abnormally low blood sugar.

Allelic variant of unknown significance (VUS)

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) An alteration in the normal sequence of a gene, the significance of which is unclear until further study of the genotype and corresponding phenotype in a sufficiently large population; complete ...

Hemidesmosome

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) An anchoring junction of the cell to a non-cellular substrate, similar in morphology to halves of desmosomes. They are composed of specialised areas of the plasma membrane where intermediate ...

Hemidesmosoma

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) An anchoring junction of the cell to a non-cellular substrate, similar in morphology to halves of desmosomes. They are composed of specialised areas of the plasma membrane where intermediate ...

Pneumothorax

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) An accumulation of air or gas in the pleural space, which may occur spontaneously or as a result of trauma or a pathological process, or be introduced deliberately ( = pneumothorax, ...

Point mutation

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) An alteration in DNA sequence caused by a single nucleotide base change, insertion, or deletion. 2) A gene mutation involving the substitution, addition, or deletion of a single nucleotide ...

Teratogenic substance

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) An agent that causes the production of physical defects in the developing embryo. 2) Drugs or other agents that cause developmental malformations. 3) Any agent that raises the incidence of ...