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Definition of Genetic disorder
1. Noun. A disease or disorder that is inherited genetically.
Generic synonyms: Disease
Specialized synonyms: Monogenic Disease, Monogenic Disorder, Polygenic Disease, Polygenic Disorder, Achondroplasia, Achondroplasty, Chondrodystrophy, Osteosclerosis Congenita, Abetalipoproteinemia, Inborn Error Of Metabolism, Congenital Megacolon, Hirschsprung's Disease, Mucopolysaccharidosis, Hyperbetalipoproteinemia, Ichthyosis, Branched Chain Ketoaciduria, Maple Syrup Urine Disease, Mcardle's Disease, Dystrophy, Muscular Dystrophy, Oligodactyly, Oligodontia, Otosclerosis, Autosomal Dominant Disease, Autosomal Dominant Disorder, Autosomal Recessive Defect, Autosomal Recessive Disease, Congenital Pancytopenia, Fanconi's Anaemia, Fanconi's Anemia, Juvenile Amaurotic Idiocy, Spielmeyer-vogt Disease, Congenital Afibrinogenemia, Albers-schonberg Disease, Marble Bones Disease, Osteopetrosis, Nevoid Elephantiasis, Pachyderma, Dwarfism, Nanism, Lactase Deficiency, Lactose Intolerance, Milk Intolerance, Porphyria, Hepatolenticular Degeneration, Wilson's Disease
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genetic Disorder
Literary usage of Genetic disorder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Genetic Information and Health Care: Hearing Before the Committee on Labor edited by James M. Jeffords (2001)
"... University School of Medicine I counsel individuals who may themselves have
a genetic disorder and couples who may have a child with a genetic disorder. ..."
2. Unified Medical Language System: Current Bibliographies in Medicine (Jan by Catherine R. Selden, Betsy L. Humphreys (1997)
"The MeSH major subject headings by which the citations in a particular MIM entry
had been indexed were used to develop a genetic-disorder-centered view of ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The Scheie syndrome, a rare genetic disorder of mucopolysaccharide (MPS) metabolism,
resembles in some ways the better-known Hurler syndrome (1, 2, 3), ..."
4. Genetics Testing in the New Millennium: Advances, Standards and Implications edited by Constance A. Morella (2001)
"... of genetic testing continues to be modest and generally is limited to symptomatic
individuals or those with a family history of a genetic disorder. ..."
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