See Also: Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
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sex-linked(medicine)
Y-linked(medicine)
x-linked(medicine)
Linked(medicine)
linked(dictionary)
sex-linked locus(medicine)
sex-linked inheritance(medicine)
sex-linked character(medicine)

acerous (medicine) and sex-linked (medicine)


acerous (medicine)


acerous


1. <marine biology> Destitute of tentacles, as certain mollusks.

2. <zoology> Without antennae, as some insects.


sex-linked (medicine)


sex-linked
<genetics> A genetic disorder where the genetic defect is linked to one of the chromosomes that determines sex (x or y). This is usually due to a gene on the unpaired portion of the X chromosome. Recessive X linked alleles are fully expressed in the heterogametic sex because they can have only one copy of the gene. Thus X linked mutant disorders are more common in human males than in females.

An example is haemophilia, which is autosomal recessive and linked to the X chromosome, so only males (XY) actually manifest the disease.