Genetic Drift. Word smithing in medical genetics.
Certain terms used in medical genetics and more often in other medical fields are in need of clarification. The terms cited are frequently misunderstood, mispronounced, and/or misspelled. The discussion includes two Latin-derived terms (genua valga and calvaria), one Greek-derived term (apoptosis), one gene-derived term (RUNX), one syndromic eponym (Kartagener syndrome), and three vascular eponyms (Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome, Parkes Weber syndrome, and Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon).
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M Michael
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Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, 5981 University Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 1W2. michael.cohen@dal.ca
D040961:Genetic Drift; D005826:Genetics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D013577:Syndrome; D009626:Terminology as Topic