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

Thymine

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) Thymine (T) is one of four chemical bases in DNA, the other three being adenine (A), cytosine (C), and guanine (G). Within the DNA molecule, thymine bases located on one strand form chemical bonds ...

Epiglottis

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) Thin leaf-shaped cartilage, covered with mucous membrane, at the root of the tongue, which folds back over the entrance to the larynx, covering it, during the act of swallowing. 2) The flap that ...

Pachyonychia

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) Thickened nails. 2) Extreme usually congenital thickness of the nails.

Graves disease

Health care; Genetic disorders

A common form of hyperthyroidism characterised by goitre and often a slight protrusion of the eyeballs -- called also Basedow's disease, exophthalmic goiter. Graves, Robert James (1796-1853) , ...

Labyrinthine sense

Health care; Genetic disorders

A complex sense concerned with the perception of bodily position and motion, mediated by end organs in the vestibular system and the semicircular canals, and stimulated by alterations in the pull of ...

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Health care; Genetic disorders

A condition caused by compression of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel and characterised especially by weakness, pain, and disturbances of sensation in the hand and fingers -- abbreviation CTS.

Ketosis

Health care; Genetic disorders

A condition characterised by an abnormally elevated concentration of ketone bodies in the body tissues and fluids. It is a complication of diabetes mellitus and starvation. (Dorland, 27th ed)