(genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and t…
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part of a patient's medical history in which questions are asked in an attempt to find out whether the patient has hereditary tendencies toward particular diseases
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(genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and t…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical genetics.(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the codi…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical genetics.a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical genetics.(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the codi…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical genetics.(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the codi…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical genetics.a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical genetics.guidance for prospective parents on the likelihood of genetic disorders in their future children
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical genetics.a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical genetics.a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical genetics.a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical genetics.a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical genetics.a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical genetics.a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical genetics.a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical genetics.what an organism looks like as a consequence of the interaction of its genotype and the environment
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical genetics.any of the diagnostic procedures used to determine whether a fetus has a genetic abnormality
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A word or words added to quality or amplify the force of other words; as, the History of the American Revolution, where the words in i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, patient, medical, history, questions.a witness whose relationship to the opposing party is such that his or her testimony may be prejudiced against the opposing party; "a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, patient, medical, history, questions.An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, ac…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, patient, medical, history, questions.To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bol…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, patient, medical, history, questions.Past, out of the reach or sphere of; further than; greater than; as, the patient was beyond medical aid; beyond one's strength.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, patient, medical, history, questions.A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, patient, medical, history, questions.A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, patient, medical, history, questions.Medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; a method of medical treatment; as, to use the water cure.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, patient, medical, history, questions.The power or faculty of the mind by which it distinguishes one thing from another; power of viewing differences in objects, and their…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, patient, medical, history, questions.a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, patient, medical, history, questions.a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, patient, medical, history, questions.To gain, as the object of desire or effort; as, to find leisure; to find means.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, patient, medical, history, questions.The principles, tendencies, or action of those, within the Roman Catholic Church in France, who (esp. in 1682) sought to restrict the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, patient, medical, history, questions.To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, patient, medical, history, questions.An historian; a writer of history; especially, one appointed or designated to write a history; also, a title bestowed by some governme…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, patient, medical, history, questions.A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a nar…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, patient, medical, history, questions.a witness whose relationship to the opposing party is such that his or her testimony may be prejudiced against the opposing party; "a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, patient, medical, history, questions.Whether; -- in dependent questions.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, patient, medical, history, questions.
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