Category: G

  • Genodermatosis

    Any of a group of serious hereditary skin diseases such as hereditary angioedema, hereditary coproporphyria, hereditary telangectasia, tuberous sclerosis, Recklinghausen’s disease, and Peutz-Jeghers syndrome.  

  • Genitoplasty

    Reparative surgery on the genital organs.  

  • Genitocrural

    Concerning the genitalia and leg.  

  • Genital ulcer disease

    Any sexually transmitted illness that manifests with ulcers on the penis, vulva, scrotum, or other genital areas. The most common causes are herpes simplex infection, syphilis, and chancroid.  

  • Geniculate otalgia

    Pain transmitted from the facial nerve to the ear.  

  • Genic

    Relating to or caused by genes.  

  • Geneva convention

    Regulations concerning the status of those wounded in military action on land, established in 1864 by military powers meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. The sick and wounded and all those involved in their care, including physicians, nurses, corpsmen, ambulance drivers, and chaplains, were declared to be neutral and, therefore, would not be the target of military…

  • Genetotrophic

    Concerning genetics and nutrition.  

  • Genetic exceptionalism

    The unique privacy protections given by law to test results that identify genetic traits or diseases in an individual. The granting of special privacy status to genetic test results as opposed to other health care information is felt by some legal scholars to be necessary to avoid potential discrimination against the bearers of some genetic…

  • Genetic enhancement

    The use of genetics to improve selected characteristics or traits of an organism. It is a practice common in agriculture, e.g., in the engineering of super sweet com or pesticide-resistant soybeans and is both welcomed and feared in human affairs.