por·phyr·i·a (pôr-fîr  - )n. 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·phyr ic adj. |
porphyria [pɔːˈfɪrɪə]
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(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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| Noun | 1. | 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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