genetic disorder

1. 1.

   a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically

   Synonymsgenetic diseasegenetic abnormalitygenetic defectcongenital diseaseinherited diseaseinherited disorderhereditary diseasehereditary condition

   Broaderdisease

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

Questions about genetic disorder

What does genetic disorder mean?

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

What is another word for genetic disorder?

Close synonyms include genetic disease, 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 disorder a common word?

genetic disorder 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.