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genetic disease: a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically
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familial: tending to occur among members of a family usually by heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features"
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A genetic disorder, or genetic disease is a disease caused, at least in part, by the genes of the person with the disease. There are a number of possible causes for genetic defects: * They may be caused by random mutation. * There are genetic disorders caused by the accidental duplication of a chromosome, as in Down syndrome and Klinefelter's syndrome, or repeated duplication of part of a chromosome as in Fragile X syndrome. ...
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A trait passed from one generation to the next in the genes from each parent.
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(in-HAIR-uh-tid) ?Something that is passed on from parents to their children. When traits are passed on from one generation to the next, it is called heredity.
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