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polygenic disorder — noun an inherited disease controlled by several genes at once • Syn: ↑polygenic disease • Hypernyms: ↑genetic disease, ↑genetic disorder, ↑genetic abnormality, ↑genetic defect, ↑congenital disease, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Polygenic diseases — Genetic disorders that are caused by the combined action of more than one gene. Examples of polygenic conditions include hypertension, coronary heart disease, diabetes, and peptic ulcers. Because such disorders depend on the simultaneous presence … Medical dictionary
polygenic — Relating to a hereditary disease or normal characteristic controlled by the added effects of genes at multiple loci. * * * poly·gen·ic .päl i jēn ik, jen ik adj of, relating to, or resulting from polygenes: MULTIFACTORIAL <a polygenic… … Medical dictionary
Disease, single-gene — An hereditary disorder caused by a change (mutation) in a single gene. There are thousands of single gene diseases including achondroplasia, Huntington disease, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and hemophilia.… … Medical dictionary
polygenic — Something that is controlled or caused by the action of many genes. Thus many of the major non infectious diseases (for example arthritis, cardiovascular disease, asthma, diabetes) are likely to be caused by the interaction of many genes; no… … Dictionary of molecular biology
congenital disease — noun a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically • Syn: ↑genetic disease, ↑genetic disorder, ↑genetic abnormality, ↑genetic defect, ↑inherited disease, ↑inherited disorder, ↑hereditary disease, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
genetic disease — noun a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically • Syn: ↑genetic disorder, ↑genetic abnormality, ↑genetic defect, ↑congenital disease, ↑inherited disease, ↑inherited disorder, ↑hereditary disease, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
hereditary disease — noun a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically • Syn: ↑genetic disease, ↑genetic disorder, ↑genetic abnormality, ↑genetic defect, ↑congenital disease, ↑inherited disease, ↑inherited disorder, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
inherited disease — noun a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically • Syn: ↑genetic disease, ↑genetic disorder, ↑genetic abnormality, ↑genetic defect, ↑congenital disease, ↑inherited disorder, ↑hereditary disease, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
inflammatory bowel disease — any intestinal inflammatory disease, esp. Crohn s disease and ulcerative colitis, of unknown cause. Abbr.: IBD * * * ▪ pathology chronic inflammation of the intestines (intestine) that results in impaired absorption of nutrients (nutrient). IBD… … Universalium
