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noun
A genetic metabolic disorder characterized by an inability to metabolize galactose properly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
The presence of galactose in the blood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
a genetic disease (autosomal recessive) in which an enzyme needed to metabolize galactose is deficient or absent; typically develops shortly after birth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: inborn error of metabolism
History
From galactose + -emia.
Across languages
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