Medical Definition of Encu

1. Acronym for equivalent normal child unit, an amount of information from any source (linkage analysis, parental, and collateral phenotypes, biochemistry of the carrier state, etc.) that will have the same impact on the probability as one usual progeny does that a consultand is a carrier for an autosomal dominant trait; e.g., each normal child contributes one encu. Compare: ensu. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Encu

encrusted
encrusting
encrustment
encrustments
encrusts
encrypt
encrypted
encrypter
encrypters
encrypting
encryption
encryptions
encryptor
encryptors
encrypts
encu (current term)
encu method
enculturate
enculturated
enculturates
enculturating
enculturation
enculturations
encumber
encumbered
encumberer
encumberers
encumbering
encumberingly
encumberment

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