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Definition of Autosomal dominant disorder
1. Noun. A disease caused by a dominant mutant gene on an autosome.
Generic synonyms: Congenital Disease, Genetic Abnormality, Genetic Defect, Genetic Disease, Genetic Disorder, Hereditary Condition, Hereditary Disease, Inherited Disease, Inherited Disorder
Specialized synonyms: Huntington's Chorea, Huntington's Disease, Malignant Hyperthermia, Marfan's Syndrome, Neurofibromatosis, Von Recklinghausen's Disease, Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Lexicographical Neighbors of Autosomal Dominant Disorder
Literary usage of Autosomal dominant disorder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Digestive Diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact edited by James E. Everhart (1995)
"Duodenal ulcer disease associated with elevated serum pepsinogen I. An inherited
autosomal dominant disorder. ..."
2. Ethics in Epidemiology and Public Health Practice: Collected Works by Steven Scott Coughlin (1997)
"This autosomal dominant disorder predisposes to several forms of cancer, including
childhood soft-tissue sarcomas, osteosarcomas and premenopausal breast ..."
3. Diabetes in America by Ronald Aubert (1996)
"... in patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1, transmitted as an
autosomal dominant disorder and resulting in endocrine, pancreas, parathyroid, ..."
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