Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun inborn_error_of_metabolism

1 sense of inborn error of metabolism

Sense 1
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)
       => metabolic disorder -- (a disorder or defect of metabolism)
       => genetic disease, genetic disorder, genetic abnormality, genetic defect, congenital disease, inherited disease, inherited disorder, hereditary disease, hereditary condition -- (a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically)