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Chromosome inversion, paracentric(health)
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Inversion(medicine)
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inversion(dictionary)
visceral inversion(medicine)
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Cross (medicine) and Chromosome inversion (health)


Cross (medicine)


cross


1. Any figure in the shape of a cross formed by two intersecting lines.

Synonym: crux.

Synonym: crux of heart.

3. A method of hybridization or the hybrid so produced.

Origin: F. Croix, L. Crux


Chromosome inversion (health)


A chromosome segment is clipped out, turned upside down and reinserted back into the chromosome. A chromosome inversion can be inherited and have come from one of the parents to a child. Or the inversion can appear for the first time in a child.