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tyrosinemia
[ tahy-roh-si-nee-mee-uh, tir-oh- ]
noun
, Pathology.
- an inherited disorder of tyrosine metabolism that can lead to liver and kidney disease and intellectual disability unless controlled by a special diet.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tyrosinemia1
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Example Sentences
In people, the inherited liver disease that the scientists targeted in mice, called hereditary tyrosinemia type 1, starts damaging the liver months before birth.
From Scientific American
Mice that have been genetically modified to develop hereditary tyrosinemia, a human liver disease, will resist the disease if they also lose another gene on chromosome 16 called homogentisic acid dioxygenase.
From Scientific American
The Philadelphia scientists then tried their technique on hereditary tyrosinemia type 1.
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