Definition of Genetic counseling

1. Noun. Guidance for prospective parents on the likelihood of genetic disorders in their future children.

Generic synonyms: Counsel, Counseling, Counselling, Direction, Guidance

Medical Definition of Genetic counseling

1. The genetic testing of couples who are planning to be parents in which their genomes are evaluated and they are given advice or information from a specialist regarding the likelihood of them having children with genetic diseases or defects. (07 May 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genetic Counseling

genetic amplification
genetic assimilation
genetic association
genetic block
genetic burden
genetic carrier
genetic code
genetic code
genetic colonisation
genetic complement
genetic complementation
genetic complementation test
genetic compound
genetic constitution
genetic counseling (current term)
genetic counseling (current term)
genetic death
genetic defect
genetic determinant
genetic disease
genetic disease
genetic disequilibrium
genetic disorder
genetic distance
genetic diversity
genetic dominance
genetic drift
genetic endowment
genetic engineering
genetic engineering

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