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Trinucleotide Repeat Disorder
For Trinucleotide Repeat Disorder we have a term and definition in Huntingtons Disease.
Trinucleotide Repeat Disorder (Huntingtons Disease) 
An illness in which there is an abnormally large number of repeats of a specific codon of DNA. In addition to Huntington's disease, other trinucleotide repeat disorders include fragile X syndrome and spinobulbar muscular atrophy. In HD, the repeated codon is C-A-G, which codes for the amino acid glutamine.
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