(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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Lactase deficiency
congenital disorder consisting of an inability to digest milk and milk products; absence or deficiency of lactase results in an inability to hydrolyze lactose
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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.part of a patient's medical history in which questions are asked in an attempt to find out whether the patient has hereditary tendenci…
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
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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
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a rare inherited disorder of fat metabolism; characterized by severe deficiency of beta-lipoproteins and abnormal red blood cells (aca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: congenital, disorder, consisting, inability, digest.the congenital absence of pigmentation in the eyes and skin and hair
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: congenital, disorder, consisting, inability, digest.a form of hemophilia discovered by Erik von Willebrand; a genetic disorder that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait; characte…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: congenital, disorder, consisting, inability, digest.a personality disorder characterized by amorality and lack of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings (‘psychopathic pe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: congenital, disorder, consisting, inability, digest.a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: congenital, disorder, consisting, inability, digest.a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: congenital, disorder, consisting, inability, digest.Coagulated sour milk; loppered milk; curdled milk; -- sometimes called simply clabber.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: congenital, disorder, consisting, inability, digest.a clotting disorder similar to hemophilia A but caused by a congenital deficiency of factor IX
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: congenital, disorder, consisting, inability, digest.hemophilia caused by a congenital deficiency of factor VIII; occurs almost exclusively in men
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: congenital, disorder, consisting, inability, digest.hemophilia caused by a congenital deficiency of factor VIII; occurs almost exclusively in men
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: congenital, disorder, consisting, inability, digest.To crowd together in disorder; to fill or cover with things in disorder; to throw into disorder; to disarrange; as, to clutter a room.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: congenital, disorder, consisting, inability, digest.a rare congenital disorder of blood coagulation in which no fibrinogen is found in the blood plasma
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: congenital, disorder, consisting, inability, digest.Congenital; connate; inborn. See Congenital.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: congenital, disorder, consisting, inability, digest.The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: congenital, disorder, consisting, inability, digest.congenital deafness that results in inability to speak
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: congenital, disorder, consisting, inability, digest.congenital deafness that results in inability to speak
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: congenital, disorder, consisting, inability, digest.Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: congenital, disorder, consisting, inability, digest.The sum of a series of products of several numbers, these products being formed according to certain specified laws
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: congenital, disorder, consisting, inability, digest.
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