hereditary disease Usage note: this is intended only for diseases with an inherited genetic etiology. Somatic genetic mutations are excluded. Some ontologies use the term 'genetic disease' in the sense of inherited disorders only, we are here careful to distinguish. hereditary disease NCIT:C3101 UMLS:C0019247 genetic condition DOID:630 inherited genetic disease MEDGEN:5527 ICD9:799.89 hereditary disease or disorder molecular disease hereditary diseases genetic disorder A disease that is caused by genetic modifications where those modifications are inherited from a parent's genome. EFO:0000508 genetic disease SCTID:32895009 MESH:D030342 inherited disease Mendelian disease disease of genetic or genomic mechanism