hereditary disease vs autosomal recessive disease

autosomal recessive disease vs hereditary disease

hereditary disease and autosomal recessive disease both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hereditary disease	Yes	No	No	No
autosomal recessive disease	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, autosomal recessive disease is a hyponym of hereditary disease; that is, autosomal recessive disease is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hereditary disease:

hereditary disease: a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically
autosomal recessive disease: a disease caused by the presence of two recessive mutant genes on an autosome

Other hyponyms of hereditary disease include monogenic disease, monogenic disorder, polygenic disease, polygenic disorder, achondroplasia, achondroplasty, chondrodystrophy, osteosclerosis congenita, abetalipoproteinemia, inborn error of metabolism, congenital megacolon, Hirschsprung's disease, mucopolysaccharidosis, hyperbetalipoproteinemia, ichthyosis, branched chain ketoaciduria, maple syrup urine disease, McArdle's disease, dystrophy, muscular dystrophy, oligodactyly, oligodontia, otosclerosis, autosomal dominant disease, autosomal dominant disorder, autosomal recessive defect, congenital pancytopenia, Fanconi's anaemia, Fanconi's anemia, juvenile amaurotic idiocy, Spielmeyer-Vogt disease, congenital afibrinogenemia, Albers-Schonberg disease, marble bones disease, osteopetrosis, nevoid elephantiasis, pachyderma, dwarfism, nanism, lactase deficiency, lactose intolerance, milk intolerance, porphyria, hepatolenticular degeneration, Wilson's disease.

hereditary disease (noun)	autosomal recessive disease (noun)
a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically	a disease caused by the presence of two recessive mutant genes on an autosome

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