POLYGENIC DISORDER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An inherited disease controlled by several genes at once

Synonyms:

polygenic disease; polygenic disorder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("polygenic disorder" is a kind of...):

congenital disease; genetic abnormality; genetic defect; genetic disease; genetic disorder; hereditary condition; hereditary disease; inherited disease; inherited disorder (a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "polygenic disorder"):

diabetes (a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood; any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst)

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