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monogenic disease
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Noun monogenic disease has 1 sense
- monogenic disease(n = noun.state) monogenic disorder - an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes; Array has particulars: scid, severe combined immunodeficiency, severe combined immunodeficiency disease, cf, cystic fibrosis, fibrocystic disease of the pancreas, mucoviscidosis, pancreatic fibrosis, gaucher's disease, huntington's chorea, huntington's disease, dysostosis multiplex, gargoylism, hurler's disease, hurler's syndrome, lipochondrodystrophy, neurofibromatosis, von recklinghausen's disease, crescent-cell anaemia, crescent-cell anemia, drepanocytic anaemia, drepanocytic anemia, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle-cell anemia, sickle-cell disease, infantile amaurotic idiocy, sachs disease, tay-sachs, tay-sachs disease, mediterranean anaemia, mediterranean anemia, thalassaemia, thalassemia, familial hypercholesterolemia
is a kind of congenital disease, genetic abnormality, genetic defect, genetic disease, genetic disorder, hereditary condition, hereditary disease, inherited disease, inherited disorder
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