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TYROSINEMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tyrosinemia mean? 

TYROSINEMIA (noun)
  The noun TYROSINEMIA has 1 sense:

1. autosomal recessive defect in tyrosine metabolism resulting in liver and kidney disturbances and mental retardationplay

  Familiarity information: TYROSINEMIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TYROSINEMIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Autosomal recessive defect in tyrosine metabolism resulting in liver and kidney disturbances and mental retardation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("tyrosinemia" is a kind of...):

autosomal recessive defect; autosomal recessive disease (a disease caused by the presence of two recessive mutant genes on an autosome)


 Context examples 


Representative examples include alkaptonuria, homocystinuria, tyrosinemia, and phenylketonuria.

(Amino Acid Metabolism Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)



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