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GALACTOSEMIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genetic disease (autosomal recessive) in which an enzyme needed to metabolize galactose is deficient or absent; typically develops shortly after birth
Classified under:
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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