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

1 sense of lysinemia

Sense 1
lysinemia -- (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)
       => 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)