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autosomal recessive disease, n.

a disease caused by the presence of two recessive mutant genes on an autosome
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autosomal recessive defect autosomal recessive disease

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hypernym

genetic disease, genetic disorder, genetic abnormality, genetic defect, congenital disease, inherited disease, inherited disorder, hereditary disease, hereditary condition

hyponym

limb-girdle muscular dystrophy Niemann-Pick disease Tay-Sachs disease, Tay-Sachs, Sachs disease, infantile amaurotic idiocy thrombasthenia tyrosinemia Werdnig-Hoffman disease