GALACTOSEMIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genetic disease (autosomal recessive) in which an enzyme needed to metabolize galactose is deficient or absent; typically develops shortly after birth

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("galactosemia" is a kind of...):

inborn error of metabolism (any of a number of diseases in which an inherited defect (usually a missing or inadequate enzyme) results in an abnormality of metabolism)

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