Term: xeroderma pigmentosum: a rare genetic condition characterized by an eruption of exposed skin occurring in childhood and photosensitivity with severe sunburn; inherited as a recessive autosomal trait in which DNA repair processes are defective so they are more likely to chromosome breaks and cancers when exposed to ultraviolet light
Broader: condition: a state at a particular time | Unrelated: camp: temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers
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Broader: condition: a state at a particular time | Unrelated: virginia crownbeard: tall perennial herb having clusters of white flowers; the eastern United States
Broader: condition: a state at a particular time | Unrelated: scale wax: partly refined paraffin wax
Broader: condition: a state at a particular time | Unrelated: addendum: textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end
Broader: condition: a state at a particular time | Unrelated: frequency response: (electronics) a curve representing the output-to-input ratio of a transducer as a function of frequency
Broader: condition: a state at a particular time | Unrelated: grimm's law: a sound law relating German consonants and consonants in other Indo-European languages
Broader: condition: a state at a particular time | Unrelated: digression: a message that departs from the main subject
Broader: condition: a state at a particular time | Unrelated: crop: a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale
Broader: condition: a state at a particular time | Unrelated: palace: the governing group of a kingdom