Medical Definition of Encu

1. Acronym for equivalent normal child unit, an amount of information from any source (linkage analysis, parental, and collateral phenotypes, biochemistry of the carrier state, etc.) that will have the same impact on the probability as one usual progeny does that a consultand is a carrier for an autosomal dominant trait; e.g., each normal child contributes one encu. Compare: ensu. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Encu

encroachment
encroachments
encroach upon
encrust
encrustation
encrustations
encrusted
encrusting
encrusts
encrypt
encrypted
encrypting
encryption
encryptions
encrypts
encu (current term)
enculturate
enculturated
enculturates
enculturating
enculturation
enculturations
encumber
encumbered
encumbering
encumbers
encumbrance
encumbrancer
encumbrancers
encumbrances

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