GENETIC DISEASE

Pronunciation (US):

• GENETIC DISEASE (noun)
  The noun GENETIC DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically

  Familiarity information: GENETIC DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

• GENETIC DISEASE (noun)

Meaning:

A disease or disorder that is inherited genetically

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

congenital disease; genetic abnormality; genetic defect; genetic disease; genetic disorder; hereditary condition; hereditary disease; inherited disease; inherited disorder

Hypernyms ("genetic disease" is a kind of...):

disease (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "genetic disease"):

monogenic disease; monogenic disorder (an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes)

otosclerosis (hereditary disorder in which ossification of the labyrinth of the inner ear causes tinnitus and eventual deafness)

autosomal dominant disease; autosomal dominant disorder (a disease caused by a dominant mutant gene on an autosome)

autosomal recessive defect; autosomal recessive disease (a disease caused by the presence of two recessive mutant genes on an autosome)

congenital pancytopenia; Fanconi's anaemia; Fanconi's anemia (a rare congenital anemia characterized by pancytopenia and hypoplasia of the bone marrow)

juvenile amaurotic idiocy; Spielmeyer-Vogt disease (a congenital progressive disorder of lipid metabolism having an onset at age 5 and characterized by blindness and dementia and early death)

congenital afibrinogenemia (a rare congenital disorder of blood coagulation in which no fibrinogen is found in the blood plasma)

Albers-Schonberg disease; marble bones disease; osteopetrosis (an inherited disorder characterized by an increase in bone density; in severe forms the bone marrow cavity may be obliterated)

nevoid elephantiasis; pachyderma (thickening of the skin (usually unilateral on an extremity) caused by congenital enlargement of lymph vessel and lymph vessel obstruction)

dwarfism; nanism (a genetic abnormality resulting in short stature)

lactase deficiency; lactose intolerance; milk intolerance (congenital disorder consisting of an inability to digest milk and milk products; absence or deficiency of lactase results in an inability to hydrolyze lactose)

porphyria (a genetic abnormality of metabolism causing abdominal pains and mental confusion)

oligodontia (congenital condition in which some of the teeth are missing)

oligodactyly (congenital condition in which some fingers or toes are missing)

polygenic disease; polygenic disorder (an inherited disease controlled by several genes at once)

achondroplasia; achondroplasty; chondrodystrophy; osteosclerosis congenita (an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism)

abetalipoproteinemia (a rare inherited disorder of fat metabolism; characterized by severe deficiency of beta-lipoproteins and abnormal red blood cells (acanthocytes) and abnormally low cholesterol levels)

inborn error of metabolism (any of a number of diseases in which an inherited defect (usually a missing or inadequate enzyme) results in an abnormality of metabolism)

congenital megacolon; Hirschsprung's disease (congenital condition in which the colon does not have the normal network of nerves; there is little urge to defecate so the feces accumulate and cause megacolon)

mucopolysaccharidosis (any of a group of genetic disorders involving a defect in the metabolism of mucopolysaccharides resulting in greater than normal levels of mucopolysaccharides in tissues)

hyperbetalipoproteinemia (a genetic disorder characterized by high levels of beta-lipoproteins and cholesterol; can lead to atherosclerosis at an early age)

ichthyosis (any of several congenital diseases in which the skin is fishlike (dry and scaly))

branched chain ketoaciduria; maple syrup urine disease (an inherited disorder of metabolism in which the urine has a odor characteristic of maple syrup; if untreated it can lead to mental retardation and death in early childhood)

McArdle's disease (an inherited disease in which abnormal amounts of glycogen accumulate in skeletal muscle; results in weakness and cramping)

dystrophy; muscular dystrophy (any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles)

hepatolenticular degeneration; Wilson's disease (a rare inherited disorder of copper metabolism; copper accumulates in the liver and then in the red blood cells and brain)