hereditary condition
Inherited medical trait
A hereditary condition is a medical or physical trait passed down through genes from parent to child.
The term covers diseases like hemophilia or sickle cell anemia, but also neutral traits like eye color.
Huntington's disease is a hereditary condition that typically appears in middle age.
Distinguished from congenital conditions, which are present at birth but not necessarily genetic.
- geneticRelating to heredity
- genetic disorderAbnormality in inherited code
- runs in the familyTrait shared by relatives
- congenitalExisting from birth
- birth defectAbnormality present from delivery
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hereditary conditioninfectious disease
Pathogen-caused transmissible ailment
communicable disease · lifestyle disease · contagious disease · occupational disease · nutritional deficiency
hereditary conditionbehavioral disorder
Diagnosed pattern of maladaptive actions
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