genetic disease

1. 1.

   a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically

   Synonymsgenetic disordergenetic abnormalitygenetic defectcongenital diseaseinherited diseaseinherited disorderhereditary diseasehereditary condition

   Broaderdisease

   Narrowermonogenic disorderpolygenic disorderachondroplasiaabetalipoproteinemiainborn error of metabolismHirschsprung's diseasemucopolysaccharidosishyperbetalipoproteinemiaichthyosismaple syrup urine disease

Questions about genetic disease

What does genetic disease mean?

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

What is another word for genetic disease?

Close synonyms include genetic disorder, genetic abnormality, genetic defect, 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 disease a common word?

genetic disease 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.