trisomy syndrome
noun[CorU]
medicalspecializeduk/ˈtrɪ.sə.mi ˌsɪn.drəʊm/us/ˈtraɪ.soʊ.mi ˌsɪn.droʊm/(alsotrisomy)aconditionin which someone has threeratherthan twochromosomesin some or all oftheirbodycells:
The USU.S. has aslightlyhigherrateofbabiesbornwith trisomysyndromesbecause a lot ofpeoplethere are havingchildrenlaterinlife.
Thebloodtestshowedthat thebabydid not have trisomysyndrome.
Down'ssyndrome, Edwardsyndrome, and Patausyndromeare the mostcommonformsof trisomy.
- She is adancerwho has had trisomysyndromesincebirth.
- We were told there was a 1 in 45chanceourbabyhad trisomysyndrome.
- Chromosome trisomies come with arangeofmedicalsymptoms.
Genetics
- adenine
- allele
- anaphase
- biohacker
- biohacking
- biotech
- gene amplification
- genotype
- heterozygote
- homologous
- homologue
- homozygote
- hybridization
- paternal
- ribosome
- rRNA
- segregate
- segregation
- sequence
- transgenic