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Regarding the Software Failure: The operators were warned that, although the Therac-25 had many safety precautions, it might be possible to accidentally overdose a patient.


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Sex-Linked Diseases

Genetic disorders caused by abnormalities in genes on the sex chromosomes, often affecting one sex more frequently than the other.

Surrogacy

A method of assisted reproduction where a woman (the surrogate) agrees to carry and deliver a baby for another person or couple, who will become the child's parent(s) after birth.

Polygenic

A term describing traits or disorders influenced by multiple genes, typically resulting in a continuum of possible phenotypic outcomes.

Codominant

A genetic scenario where two alleles of a gene pair in a heterozygote are fully expressed, with neither being recessive to the other.

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