Medical terms - Letter G (page 4) | MedicalVocabulary.org

Genetic meltdown

A genomic crisis due to an extraordinarily high rate of mutation, a phenomenon known to occur in viruses and perhaps in other organisms. For example, the antiviral agent Ribavirin acts by inducing genomic meltdown. The…
Genetic screening

Testing a population to identify individuals at risk for a genetic disease or for transmitting it. Newborns may be screened for PKU (phenylketonuria), Jews for the gene for Tay-Sachs disease, Blacks for the sickle cell…
Genetic testing

Tests done for clinical genetic purposes. Genetic tests may be done for diverse purposes pertaining to clinical genetics, including the diagnosis of genetic disease in children and adults; the identification of future…
Genetic transformation

A process by which the genetic material carried by an individual cell is altered by the incorporation of foreign (exogenous) DNA into its genome
Genetic transport defect

Within the body, many molecules are able to pass across the membranes that surround cells. These molecules can accomplish this feat due to specific transport systems. These systems include special receptors on the…
Genetic transposition

The ability of genes to change position on chromosomes, a process in which a transposable element is removed from one site and inserted into a second site in the DNA. Genetic transposition was the first type of genetic…
Genetics

The scientific study of heredity. Genetics pertains to humans and all other organisms. So, for example, there is human genetics, mouse genetics, fruitfly genetics, etc. Human genetics today comprises a number of…
Genetics of Parkinson disease

See: Forensic genetics.
Genetics, forensic

See: Forensic genetics
Genetics, transplantation

The field of biology and medicine relating to the genes that govern the acceptance or rejection of a transplant. The most important genes deciding the fate of a transplanted cell, tissue, or organ belong to what is…
Genital

Pertaining to the external and internal organs of reproduction. (Not to be confused with genetic.)
Genital herpes

A viral infection transmitted through intimate contact with the moist mucous linings of the genitals. This contact can involve the mouth, the vagina or the genital skin. The herpes simplex type 2 (HSV-2) enters the…
Genital wart

A wart in the moist skin of the genitals or around the anus. Genital warts are due to a human papillomavirus (HPV). The HPVs, including those that cause genital warts, are transmitted through sexual contact. HPV can…
Genitalia

The male and female reproductive organs. The genitalia include internal structures such as the ovary, and external structures such as the penis. See also: Female organs of reproduction; Male organs of reproduction
Genitalia, ambiguous

See: Ambiguous genitalia
Genitalia, female

See: Female genitalia
Genitalia, female external

See: Female external genitalia
Genitalia, female internal

See: Female internal genitalia
Genitalia, intersexual

See: Ambiguous genitalia
Genitalia, male

See: Male genitalia
Genitalia, male external

See: Male external genitalia
Genitalia, male internal

See: Male internal genitalia
Genitourinary (GU)

Pertaining to the genital and urinary systems
Genome

All of the genetic information, the entire genetic complement, all of the hereditary material possessed by an organism. Humans and many other higher animals actually have two genomes, which together make up the total…
Genome annotation

The process of identifying the locations of genes and all of the coding regions in a genome and determining what those genes do. An annotation (irrespective of the context) is a note added by way of explanation or…
Genome Database

The Genome Database (GDB) is the official central repository for genomic mapping data resulting from the Human Genome Initiative. It was established at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, USA in 1990. In…
Genome Research Institute, National Human

RI): One of the newest of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), NHGRI's mission in formal terms is to 'support the NIH component of the Human Genome Project, a worldwide research effort designed to analyze the…
Genome, Arabidopsis thaliana

See: Arabidopsis thaliana genome
Genome, bee

See: Honey bee genome
Genome, Bos taurus

See: Bovine genome
Genome, bovine

See: Bovine genome
Genome, C. elegans

See: C. elegans genome.
Genome, Caenorhabditis elegans

See: Dog genome.
Genome, canine

See: Dog genome
Genome, chicken

See: Chicken genome
Genome, cholera

See: Cholera genome
Genome, chromosomal

All of the genetic information in the chromosomes of an organism. For humans, that is all of the DNA contained in our normal complement of 46 rod-like chromosomes in virtually every cell in the body. (Mature red blood…
Genome, cow

See: Bovine genome
Genome, dog

See: Dog genome
Genome, Drosophila

See: Drosophila genome
Genome, fruitfly

See: Drosophila genome
Genome, Haemophilus influenzae

See: H. flu genome
Genome, Hereford

See: Bovine genome
Genome, honey bee

See: Honey bee genome
Genome, human

See: Human genome
Genome, mitochondrial

All of the genetic information contained in the chromosome of the mitochondrion, a structure located in the cytoplasm outside the nucleus of the cell. The nucleus houses the better known chromosomal genome, our…
Genome, mouse

All of the genetic information contained in the laboratory mouse (Mus musculus). The genomes of particular nonhuman organisms such as the mouse have been studied for a number of reasons including the need to improve…
Genome, Mus musculus

All of the genetic information contained in Mus musculus, the laboratory mouse. The genomes of particular nonhuman organisms such as the mouse have been studied for a number of reasons including the need to improve…
Genome, mustard Arabidopsis thaliana

See: Arabidopsis thaliana genome
Genome, plague

See: Plague bacterium genome