Genetic Abnormality (Noun)
Meaning
A disease or disorder that is inherited genetically.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- Cystic fibrosis is a genetic abnormality that affects the respiratory, digestive, and reproductive systems by causing sticky mucus to build up in the lungs, pancreas, and other organs.
- Down syndrome is a genetic abnormality caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21, resulting in intellectual and physical disabilities.
- Huntington's disease is a rare genetic abnormality that causes progressive damage to the brain, leading to cognitive decline, motor dysfunction, and psychiatric problems.
- Sickle cell anemia is a genetic abnormality that affects the production of hemoglobin, causing red blood cells to become misshapen and break down prematurely.
- Tay-Sachs disease is a rare genetic abnormality that destroys nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, leading to seizures, vision loss, and eventually death.
Synonyms
- Inherited Disorder
- Hereditary Disease
- Inherited Disease
- Genetic Disease
- Genetic Defect
- Congenital Disease
- Hereditary Condition
- Genetic Disorder
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Dystrophy
- Autosomal Dominant Disorder
- Branched Chain Ketoaciduria
- Maple Syrup Urine Disease
- Oligodactyly
- Autosomal Dominant Disease
- Autosomal Recessive Disease
- Lactase Deficiency
- Achondroplasty
- Albers-Schonberg Disease
- Dwarfism
- Hepatolenticular Degeneration
- Polygenic Disease
- Monogenic Disease
- Inborn Error Of Metabolism
- Autosomal Recessive Defect
- Ichthyosis
- Pachyderma
- Polygenic Disorder
- Mucopolysaccharidosis
- Monogenic Disorder
- Fanconi's Anaemia
- Spielmeyer-Vogt Disease
- Hirschsprung's Disease
- Oligodontia
- Lactose Intolerance
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Fanconi's Anemia
- Congenital Afibrinogenemia
- Nevoid Elephantiasis
- Wilson's Disease
- McArdle's Disease
- Achondroplasia
- Chondrodystrophy
- Porphyria
- Hyperbetalipoproteinemia
- Juvenile Amaurotic Idiocy
- Osteopetrosis
- Nanism
- Abetalipoproteinemia
- Congenital Megacolon
- Otosclerosis