Anticipation: A remarkable phenomenon in which a genetic disease appears earlier appearance and with increased from with each succeeding generation. Anticipation was once thought not to exist in genetics. It was chalked off as a meaningless statistical artifact. However, anticipation has now been proven to occur in a large number of important genetic disorders, including Huntington disease and myotonic dystrophy. In molecular terms, anticipation is due to the expansion of a trinucleotide repeat sequence in the DNA. This phenomenon also occurs in the fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited form of mental retardation.
noun 1. the act of anticipating or the state of being anticipated . 2. realization in advance; foretaste. 3. expectation or hope. 4. previous notion; slight previous ...
Definition of ANTICIPATION. 1. a: a prior action that takes into account or forestalls a later action b: the act of looking forward; especially: pleasurable expectation
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an·tic·i·pa·tion (n-t s-p sh n) n. 1. The act of anticipating. 2. An expectation. 3. Foreknowledge, intuition, and presentiment. 4. The use or assignment of funds ...
noun. an anticipating or being anticipated; something anticipated or expected; foreknowledge; presentiment