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LYSINEMIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An inborn error of metabolism in which the lack of certain enzymes leads to an inability to metabolize the amino acid lysine; characterized by muscular weakness and mental retardation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("lysinemia" 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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