HyperDic: sex-linked_disorder

English > 1 sense of the expression sex-linked disorder:
NOUNstatesex-linked disorderany disease or abnormality that is determined by the sex hormones
English > sex-linked disorder: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningAny disease or abnormality that is determined by the sex hormones.
NarrowerTurner's syndromeA chromosomal disorder in females who have only one X chromosome
hemophilia, haemophilia, bleeder's diseasecongenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding
Broaderchromosomal aberration, chromosomal anomaly, chrosomal abnormality, chromosonal disorderAny change in the normal structure or number of chromosomes

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