Genetic disorders

Genetic disorders

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

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Fibrillation

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) An act or process of forming fibres or fibrils. 2) A muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibres acting without coordination. 3) Very rapid irregular contractions of the muscle fibres of ...

Teratogens

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 ...

Fever

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) An abnormal elevation of body temperature, usually as a result of a pathologic process. 2) Abnormal high body temperature. 3) The elevation of the body's temperature above the upper limit of ...

Glioma

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) Benign and malignant central nervous system neoplasms derived from glial cells (i.e., astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and ependymocytes). Astrocytes may give rise to astrocytomas (astrocytoma) or ...

Endoplasmic reticulum vesicle

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) Artifactual vesicles formed from the endoplasmic reticulum when cells are disrupted. They are isolated by differential centrifugation and are composed of three structural features: rough vesicles, ...

Bacteria

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) Bacteria are small single-celled organisms. Bacteria are found almost everywhere on Earth and are vital to the planet's ecosystems. Some species can live under extreme conditions of temperature ...