karyotype
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1. karyotype - Noun
2. karyotype - Verb
Meaning
the appearance of the chromosomal makeup of a somatic cell in an individual or species (including the number and arrangement and size and structure of the chromosomes)
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A coarctation of the aorta in a female is suggestive of Turner syndrome, and suggests the need for further tests, such as a karyotype.
As with the other cardiovascular malformations, complications of aortic dilatation is commonly associated with 45,X karyotype.
Also, variation in karyotype may occur during development from the fertilized egg.
Epidemiology Around 1 in 1,000 boys are born with a 47,XYY karyotype.
Considering other karyotype groups, though, they reported a prevalence of 24.3% and 11% in patients with mosaic X monosomy, and a prevalence of 11% in patients with X chromosomal structural abnormalities.
Pseudohermaphroditism " Pseudohermaphroditism " has, until very recently, been the term used in the medical literature to describe the condition of an individual whose gonads and karyotype do not match the external genitalia in the gender binary sense.