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SEX-LINKED DISORDER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any disease or abnormality that is determined by the sex hormones

Example:

hemophilia is determined by a gene defect on an X chromosome

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("sex-linked disorder" is a kind of...):

chromosomal aberration; chromosomal anomaly; chromosonal disorder; chrosomal abnormality (any change in the normal structure or number of chromosomes; often results in physical or mental abnormalities)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sex-linked disorder"):

bleeder's disease; haemophilia; hemophilia (congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son)

Turner's syndrome (a chromosomal disorder in females who have only one X chromosome; marked by dwarfism and heart abnormalities and underdeveloped sex organs)

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