Definition of Autosomal recessive disease

1. Noun. A disease caused by the presence of two recessive mutant genes on an autosome.

Exact synonyms: Autosomal Recessive Defect
Generic synonyms: Congenital Disease, Genetic Abnormality, Genetic Defect, Genetic Disease, Genetic Disorder, Hereditary Condition, Hereditary Disease, Inherited Disease, Inherited Disorder
Specialized synonyms: Limb-girdle Muscular Dystrophy, Niemann-pick Disease, Infantile Amaurotic Idiocy, Sachs Disease, Tay-sachs, Tay-sachs Disease, Thrombasthenia, Tyrosinemia, Werdnig-hoffman Disease

Lexicographical Neighbors of Autosomal Recessive Disease

autoshaping
autosite
autosmia
autosomal
autosomal dominant
autosomal dominant disease
autosomal dominant disorder
autosomal recessive
autosomal recessive defect
autosomal recessive disease (current term)
autosomally
autosomatognosis
autosomatognostic
autosomes
autospeak
autosport
autosports
autostainer
autostainers
autostart
autostarted
autostarting
autostarts

Literary usage of Autosomal recessive disease

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Novel Systems for the Study of Human Disease: From Basic Research to by OECD Staff, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, SourceOECD (Online service) (1998)
"... Scotland Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive disease which affects 1 in 2 000 live births and has a carrier frequency of 1 in 22 in caucasian ..."

2. Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke: The Report of the edited by Lauren Zeise, Amy J. Dunn (2000)
"Cystic Fibrosi« Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by thickened mucus, a nonfunctional mucociliary clearance pathway, ..."

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