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Definition of Polygenic disease
1. Noun. An inherited disease controlled by several genes at once.
Specialized synonyms: Diabetes
Generic synonyms: Congenital Disease, Genetic Abnormality, Genetic Defect, Genetic Disease, Genetic Disorder, Hereditary Condition, Hereditary Disease, Inherited Disease, Inherited Disorder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polygenic Disease
Literary usage of Polygenic 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)
"Cancer is a polygenic disease. Like any genetic disease it is important to identify
the causal gene(s), understand their normal modes of action and how this ..."
2. Drought Resistance in Crops with Emphasis on Rice by International Rice Research Institute (1982)
"The analogy would be more appropriate for efforts on a polygenic disease-resistance
trait. Breeding for disease tolerance (quantitative inheritance) has had ..."
3. Diabetes in America by Ronald Aubert (1996)
"... Mohan V, Snehalatha C, Ramachandran A, Viswanathan M: Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent)
diabetes mellitus in South Indians is a polygenic disease. ..."
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