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por·phyr·i·a (pôr-fîr

)

Any of several disorders of porphyrin metabolism, usually hereditary, characterized by the presence of large amounts of porphyrins in the blood and urine.

[New Latin : porphyr(in) + -ia.]

por·phyric adj.

porphyria [pɔːˈfɪrɪə]

(Medicine / Pathology) a hereditary disease of body metabolism, producing abdominal pain, mental confusion, etc.

[from New Latin, from porphyrin a purple substance excreted by patients suffering from this condition, from Greek porphura purple]

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porphyria - a genetic abnormality of metabolism causing abdominal pains and mental confusion

congenital disease, genetic abnormality, genetic defect, genetic disease, genetic disorder, hereditary condition, hereditary disease, inherited disease, inherited disorder - a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically

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porphyria [pɔːˈfɪrɪə] N → porfirismo m

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porphyria (redirected from Congenital sideroblastic anaemia)

porphyria
(redirected from Congenital sideroblastic anaemia)