inherited disorder
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- noun
- /ɪnˈhɛrɪtɪd dɪsˈɔrdər/
- Specialized
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trastorno hereditario
- Marfan syndrome, one of the most common inherited disorders of connective tissue, is an autosomal dominant condition with a reported incidence of 1 in 10,000 to 20,000 individuals.
- common inherited disorders
- most common inherited disorders
- inherited disorders of connective tissue
Examples
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Sickle cell disease is an inherited disorder that affects red blood cells.
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Moreover, it is often inherited in an autosomal dominant manner, making it one of the commonest inherited disorders.
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Marfan syndrome is one of the most common inherited disorders of connective tissue that can be lethal due to pregnancy-related complications.
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Marfan syndrome is one of the most common inherited disorders of connective tissue that can be lethal due to pregnancy-related complications.
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William Osler's description in 1901, in which he credited Rendu's report, established the condition as an inherited disorder: "In the three cases here described, two belonged to a family in which epistaxis had occurred in seven members."
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Her parents soon learned, however, that she suffered from cystic fibrosis, the inherited disorder of the exocrine glands that restricts activity and limits the lifespan.
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In this case, doctors have just diagnosed a 30-year-old woman with familial adenomatous polyposis, an inherited disorder that carries an extremely high risk of colon cancer.
Synonyms
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A health problem caused by a change in a person's genes that can be passed from parents
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A health problem caused by changes in a person's genes that parents pass on
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A health problem from a change in someone's genes often passed from parents
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A change in a person's genes that causes a disease
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A disease passed from parents to their children through genes
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A disease passed from parents to children through genes
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A health problem parents can pass to their children through genes
Antonyms
How Heritable
- Specialized
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- Specialized
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- Specialized
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- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a disease or condition that is passed genetically' is directly and compositionally derived from 'inherited' (passed by genes) + 'disorder' (a medical/diagnosed condition). This is a straightforward, transparent noun phrase following standard English compounding patterns and is cross-linguistically parallel, so a B1 learner who knows both words should understand it.
Etymology
Inherited disorder comes from the idea of things passed down in a family: inherited means given by your parents and disorder means a health problem. So an inherited disorder is a health condition 'passed from parent to child'.