Chapter 3 - Genetics and Genetic Medicine

gene

Birth (greek)

gene- (genetics)

to create

-ome (genome)

a mass of something

helix

a coil (greek)

heredity

an heir (latin)

heredit- (hereditary)

inherited through genes

-one (histone)

chemical

-type (karyotype)

model

kary- (karyotype)

nucleus

mitosis

thread (greek)

mutation

to change (latin)

-ide (nucleotide)

having a particular quality

phen- (phenotype)

appearance

replicate

a reply (Latin)

dys- (dysmorphic)

difficult, bad

morph- (dysmorphology)

shape

embryo

a young one (greek)

fetus

offspring (latin)

-ized (personalized)

affected in a specific way

personal- (personalized)

an individual

dict- (predictive)

consent

nat- (prenatal)

born

therapy

medical treatment (Greek)

therapeutic

curing of a disorder or disease (greek)