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Definition of Hereditary disease
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
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hereditary Disease
Literary usage of Hereditary disease
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1886)
"Even our proverbial mauvaise honte can not object to showing the young of both
sexes the horrors of a legacy of an hereditary disease. ..."
2. Medical Notes and Reflections by Henry Holland (1857)
"ON hereditary disease. TDK subject of hereditary temperament and tendency to
disease is still largely open to inquiry. Future research will unquestionably ..."
3. The Transmission of Life: Counsels on the Nature and Hygiene of the by George Henry Napheys (1887)
"Dr. JM Winn, an English physician, who has elaborately studied the nature and
treatment of hereditary disease, has drawn up an estimate of the amount of ..."
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