polygenic disease

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   an inherited disease controlled by several genes at once

   Synonymspolygenic disorder

   Broadergenetic disease

   Narrowerdiabetes

Questions about polygenic disease

What does polygenic disease mean?

polygenic disease means "an inherited disease controlled by several genes at once".

What is another word for polygenic disease?

Close synonyms include polygenic disorder. 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.