Definition of Inherited disorder
1. Noun. A disease or disorder that is inherited genetically.
Generic synonyms: Disease
Specialized synonyms: Monogenic Disease, Monogenic Disorder, Polygenic Disease, Polygenic Disorder, Achondroplasia, Achondroplasty, Chondrodystrophy, Osteosclerosis Congenita, Abetalipoproteinemia, Inborn Error Of Metabolism, Congenital Megacolon, Hirschsprung's Disease, Mucopolysaccharidosis, Hyperbetalipoproteinemia, Ichthyosis, Branched Chain Ketoaciduria, Maple Syrup Urine Disease, Mcardle's Disease, Dystrophy, Muscular Dystrophy, Oligodactyly, Oligodontia, Otosclerosis, Autosomal Dominant Disease, Autosomal Dominant Disorder, Autosomal Recessive Defect, Autosomal Recessive Disease, Congenital Pancytopenia, Fanconi's Anaemia, Fanconi's Anemia, Juvenile Amaurotic Idiocy, Spielmeyer-vogt Disease, Congenital Afibrinogenemia, Albers-schonberg Disease, Marble Bones Disease, Osteopetrosis, Nevoid Elephantiasis, Pachyderma, Dwarfism, Nanism, Lactase Deficiency, Lactose Intolerance, Milk Intolerance, Porphyria, Hepatolenticular Degeneration, Wilson's Disease
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Literary usage of Inherited disorder
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1. Genetic Tests and Health Insurance: Results of a Survey (1993)
"Genetic test: An assay to reveal whether an individual has an inherited disorder, predisposition to such a disorder, or is a carrier for one. ..."
2. Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion & Disease Prevention by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"... has been found to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with sickle cell.15 The inherited disorder of galactosemia leads to an increased risk of ..."
3. Genetics Testing in the New Millennium: Advances, Standards and Implications edited by Constance A. Morella (2001)
"... of people who have a disorder called the Li-Fraumeni Syndrome, which is an inherited disorder that predisposes them to the development of these cancers. ..."
4. Race Decadence: An Examination of the Causes of Racial Degeneracy in the by William Samuel Sadler (1922)
"Migraine — nervous sick headache — is an inherited disorder which unerringly passes on from one generation to another, almost in accord with Mendel's law. ..."
5. Annals of Ophthalmology (1904)
"... especially distinguished by the fact that it is not so apt to be vascularized as the form a-sociated with the inherited disorder. This claim may be true ..."