monogenic disorder

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   an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes

   Synonymsmonogenic disease

   Broadergenetic disease

   Narrowersevere combined immunodeficiencycystic fibrosisGaucher's diseaseHuntington's choreaHurler's syndromeneurofibromatosissickle-cell anemiaTay-Sachs diseasethalassemiafamilial hypercholesterolemia

Questions about monogenic disorder

What does monogenic disorder mean?

monogenic disorder means "an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes".

What is another word for monogenic disorder?

Close synonyms include monogenic 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 monogenic disorder a common word?

monogenic 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.