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BRCA EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun either of two genes (BRCA1 or BRCA2) that, if inherited in a mutated form, may predispose some carriers to develop breast or ovarian cancer. Liberaldictionary.com

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  • Origin of BRCA 1900–95; initialism from br(east) and ca(ncer) B.R.C.A. Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America. Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for brca Contemporary Examples of brca

  • In short, Myriad isolated the BRCA genes—snipped them out of the longer DNA chain in which they were ensconced.

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  • Myriad could charge whatever price it wanted for the BRCA tests, and kept prices higher by several thousand dollars.

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  • brca in Science BRCA [bē′är′sē′ā′] One of two genes (designated BRCA1 and BRCA2) that help repair damage to DNA, but when inherited in a defective state increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancer. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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