genetic defect

Questions about genetic defect

What does genetic defect mean?

genetic defect means "a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically".

What is another word for genetic defect?

Close synonyms include genetic disease, genetic disorder, genetic abnormality, congenital disease, inherited disease. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genetic defect a common word?

genetic defect is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.