LYSINEMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lysinemia mean? 

• LYSINEMIA (noun)
  The noun LYSINEMIA has 1 sense:

1. 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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LYSINEMIA (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

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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)