Genetic disorders

Genetic disorders

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

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Eponym

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) The person for whom something (as a disease) is or is believed to be named. 2) A name (as of a drug or a disease) based on or derived from the name of a person.

Coronary arteriosclerosis

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) Thickening and loss of elasticity of the coronary arteries, leading to progressive insufficiency of the arteries (coronary disease). 2) A condition and especially one caused by atherosclerosis ...

Medullary thyroid carcinoma

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) This carcinoma comprises less than 10% of all thyroid cancers. This specific type as significant diagnostic importance because of its aggressive nature and its close association with multiple ...

Ultrasound

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) The visualisation of deep structures of the body by recording the reflections of echoes of pulses of ultrasonic waves directed into the tissues. Use of ultrasound for imaging or diagnostic ...

1) This is a rare insulin secreting neuroendocrine tumor. The majority of insulinomas are small, non-metastatic and occur as solitary tumors. They are most often confined to the pancreas. Diagnostic ...

Alveolus

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) Tiny air sacs at the end of the bronchioles in the lungs. 2) A small cavity or pit: as a) a socket in the jaw for a tooth; b) any of the small thin-walled air-containing compartments of the lung ...