Associations to the word «Galactosemia»

Wiktionary

GALACTOSEMIA, noun. (medicine) A genetic metabolic disorder characterized by an inability to metabolize galactose properly

Dictionary definition

GALACTOSEMIA, noun. A genetic disease (autosomal recessive) in which an enzyme needed to metabolize galactose is deficient or absent; typically develops shortly after birth.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats