genetic defect
Heritable DNA abnormality
A genetic defect is an abnormality in a person's DNA that causes or predisposes them to disease or dysfunction.
The term covers inherited conditions passed from parents and spontaneous mutations that arise during development.
The screening revealed a genetic defect linked to cystic fibrosis.
Medical contexts increasingly prefer "genetic variant" or "genetic condition" to avoid the stigma of calling people defective.
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- chromosomeDNA strand carrying genes
- chromosomal abnormalityStructural or numerical DNA error
- double helixTwo intertwined spirals
- hereditaryPassed through generations
abnormality · disorder · syndrome · congenital · DNA · DNA sequence · inherited · passed down · family history · carrier · recessive · dominant · anomaly · malformation · screening · diagnosis · prenatal · flawed
- Pregnancy Lossmiscarriage, stillbirth, stillborn, pregnancy loss, fetal demise
genetic defectlifestyle disease
Condition caused by habits
infectious disease · nutritional deficiency · occupational disease · behavioral disorder · accidental injury
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