Inherited Disorder (Noun)
Meaning
A disease or disorder that is inherited genetically.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- Cystic fibrosis is a genetic inherited disorder that affects the respiratory and digestive systems.
- Huntington's disease is a rare inherited disorder that causes progressive damage to the brain.
- Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disorder that affects the production of hemoglobin in red blood cells.
- The inherited disorder of muscular dystrophy results in progressive muscle weakness and degeneration.
- The genetic testing revealed that the patient had inherited a disorder that increases the risk of certain types of cancer.
Synonyms
- Hereditary Disease
- Inherited Disease
- Genetic Disease
- Genetic Abnormality
- 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
- Marble Bones Disease
- Albers-Schonberg Disease
- Dwarfism
- Hepatolenticular Degeneration
- Polygenic Disease
- Monogenic Disease
- Inborn Error Of Metabolism
- Milk Intolerance
- Autosomal Recessive Defect
- Ichthyosis
- Pachyderma
- Congenital Pancytopenia
- Polygenic Disorder
- Mucopolysaccharidosis
- Monogenic Disorder
- Fanconi's Anaemia
- Osteosclerosis Congenita
- 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