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, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley