Medical term:
expressivity
expressivity
[eks″pres-iv´ĭ-te]the extent to which a heritable trait is manifested by an individual carrying the principal gene or genes that determine it.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
ex·pres·siv·i·ty
(eks'pres-siv'i-tē),In clinical genetics, the degree of severity in which a gene is manifested.
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expressivity
(ĕk′sprĕ-sĭv′ĭ-tē)n. pl. expressivi·ties
1. The quality of being expressive.
2. Genetics The degree to which an expressed gene produces its effects in an organism.
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expressivity
The degree of severity shown by an AUTOSOMAL dominant trait in any particular affected individual. The main feature of expressivity is its variability.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
expressivity
the degree to which a particular gene exhibits itself in the PHENOTYPE of an organism, once it has undergone PENETRANCE. Thus, for example, a penetrant baldness gene in man can have a wide range of expressivity, from thinning hair to complete lack of hair.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
expressivity
The extent to which an inherited trait or disease is manifested in the phenotype. It is a qualitative evaluation unlike penetrance. Syn. expression.
Millodot: Dictionary of Optometry and Visual Science, 7th edition. © 2009 Butterworth-Heinemann
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I care about others, I just cannot always put myself in their shoes and feel what they are feeling.
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