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X-linked

Definition: X-linked

X-linked

Adjective

1. Relating to genes or characteristics or conditions carried on the X chromosome; "an X-linked mutation".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Synonyms: X-linked

Synonyms by domain: Bruton's disease (medicine), Bruton's hypogammaglobulinemia, Bruton's X-linked agammaglobulinemia, X linked recessive ichthyosis, X-linked agammaglobulinaemia, X-linked mental retardation, X-linked recessive hypophosphataemic rickets (medicine, physics), X-linked recessive nephrolithiasis.

Crosswords: X-linked

English words defined with "X-linked": Duchenne's muscular dystrophy ♦ pseudohypertrophic dystrophy. (references)

Specialty definitions using "X-linked": Adrenoleukodystrophy, Albinism, Ocular ♦ CD40 Ligand, Chondrodysplasia Punctata, Color Vision Defects ♦ Fabry Disease, Focal Dermal Hypoplasia ♦ Granulomatous Disease, Chronic ♦ Mucopolysaccharidosis II ♦ Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase, Orofaciodigital Syndromes ♦ Spinocerebellar Degenerations ♦ Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome. (references)

Commercial Usage: X-linked

Domain	Title
Books	The Molecular Genetics of X-Linked Alport Syndrome (Acta Biomedica Lovaniensia , No 109) (reference) Mendelian Inheritance in Man: Catalogs of Autosomal Dominant, Autosomal Recessive, and X-Linked Phenotypes (reference) X-Linked Traits : A Catalog of Loci in Non-human Mammals (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Non-Fiction Usage: X-linked

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		As an X-linked disease, XLA affects only males. (references)
		Some PIs are X-linked, others autosomal recessive. (references)
		X-linked recessive diseases are caused by genes located on the X chromosome. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Usage Frequency: X-linked

"X-linked" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "X-linked" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	5	157,705

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Modern Translation: X-linked

Language		Translations for "X-linked"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		Brutons kongenitte agammaglobulinæmi (Bruton's disease, Bruton's hypogammaglobulinemia, Bruton's X-linked agammaglobulinemia). (various references)

Dutch		ziekte van Bruton (Bruton's disease, Bruton's hypogammaglobulinemia, Bruton's X-linked agammaglobulinemia), Bruton hypogamma globulinemie (Bruton's disease, Bruton's hypogammaglobulinemia, Bruton's X-linked agammaglobulinemia). (various references)

Finnish		X-kromosomiin liittyvä älyllinen kehitysvammaisuus (X-linked mental retardation), Brutonin hypogammaglobulinemia (Bruton's disease, Bruton's hypogammaglobulinemia, Bruton's X-linked agammaglobulinemia, X-linked agammaglobulinaemia). (various references)

French		retard mental lié au chromosome X (X-linked mental retardation), maladie de Bruton (Bruton's X-linked agammaglobulinemia, X-linked agammaglobulinaemia). (various references)

Greek		νόσος Bruton (Bruton's disease, Bruton's hypogammaglobulinemia, Bruton's X-linked agammaglobulinemia, X-linked agammaglobulinaemia), διανοητική καθυστέρηση συνδεόμενη με το χρωμόσωμα X (X-linked mental retardation). (various references)

Italian		ritardo mentale legato al cromosoma X (X-linked mental retardation), malattia di Bruton (Bruton's disease, Bruton's hypogammaglobulinemia, Bruton's X-linked agammaglobulinemia, X-linked agammaglobulinaemia), agammaglobulinemia di Bruton (Bruton's disease, Bruton's hypogammaglobulinemia, Bruton's X-linked agammaglobulinemia, X-linked agammaglobulinaemia). (various references)

Spanish		retraso mental ligado al cromosoma X (X-linked mental retardation), enfermedad de Bruton (Bruton's disease, Bruton's hypogammaglobulinemia, Bruton's X-linked agammaglobulinemia, X-linked agammaglobulinaemia), agammaglobulinemia congénita (Bruton's disease, Bruton's hypogammaglobulinemia, Bruton's X-linked agammaglobulinemia, congenital agammaglobulinaemia, X-linked agammaglobulinaemia). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: X-linked

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-i-k-l-n-x"
	-1 letter: kilned, kindle, linked.
	-2 letters: index, inked, inkle, liked, liken, lined, nixed.
	-3 letters: deil, deli, deni, diel, dike, dine, dink, idle, ilex, kiln, kind, kine, lend, lied, lien, like, line, link, nide, nixe.
	-4 letters: del, den, dex, die, din, eld, elk, end, ilk, ink, ken, kex, kid, kin, led, lei, lek, lex, lid, lie, lin.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial

5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams

9. Bibliography

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