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English noun: autosomal recessive defect

1. autosomal recessive defect (state) a disease caused by the presence of two recessive mutant genes on an autosome


Synonymsautosomal recessive disease


Broader (hypernym)congenital disease, genetic abnormality, genetic defect, genetic disease, genetic disorder, hereditary condition, hereditary disease, inherited disease, inherited disorder


Narrower (hyponym)infantile amaurotic idiocy, limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, Niemann-Pick disease, Sachs disease, Tay-Sachs, Tay-Sachs disease, thrombasthenia, tyrosinemia, Werdnig-Hoffman disease









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