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polygenic risk score

(PAH-lee-JEH-nik risk skor)

An assessment of the risk of a specific condition based on the collective influence of many genetic variants. These can include variants associated with genes of known function and variants not known to be associated with genes relevant to the condition. Also called PRS.

polygenic risk score

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