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disease noun affliction, ailment, attack, bodily deviation from health, bout of sickness, breakdown, chronic disability, collapse, condition, contagion, defect, deterioration, discomfort, disorder, distemper, epidemic, handicap, ill health, illness, indisposition, infection, infirmity, invalidism, loss of health, malady, morbus, plague, scourge, sickness, taint, unhealthiness, unsoundness, unwholesome condition, virus, weakness See also: contaminate, disorder, pain, taint How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Many Jewish people already undergo screening for another mutation, one that causes the neural disorder Tay-Sachs disease Clinics will be able to use the same blood sample to test for familial dysautonomia, which is nearly as prevalent in this population as Tay-Sachs. Individuals who themselves have or are known carriers of serious inheritable mental or physical defects such as sickle cell anemia, hemophilia, cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy, and Tay-Sachs disease are allowed to reproduce, naturally and through in vitro fertilization, even though they risk having babies with serious, or even fatal, defects or diseases. It's less probable that a couple would try to create a family that resembles a Von Trapp-like master race than one free of terrible medical conditions such as Tay-Sachs disease or cystic fibrosis. |
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