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Inborn error of metabolism Uncommon

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

Broader Terms (hypernyms)
metabolic disorder genetic disease
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
galactosemia lysinemia Niemann-Pick disease phenylketonuria
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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