galactosaemicgalactosemicadj.n.
/ɡəˌlaktəˈsiːmɪk/, U.S. /ɡəˌlæktəˈsimɪk/ Medicine.
A. adj.
Of, relating to or characteristic of galactosaemia; affected with galactosaemia.
ΚΠ
1953 S. S. Lichtman Dis. of Liver, Gallbladder, & Bile Ducts II. xvi. 959 Galactosemic Hepatomegaly.—This disease is a definite syndrome, a variant of glycogenosis.
1955 Biochem. Jrnl. 59 p. xxii In three experiments with cells from galactosaemic children there was a slight inhibition of glucose respiration when galactose was present.
1974 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. 249 7038/1 Galactose 1-phosphate uridylyltransferase was partially purified from red blood cells of six different galactosemic patients.
1997 Indian Jrnl. Ophthalmol. 45 221 (title) Topical aspirin provides protection against galactosemic cataract.
B. n.
A person with galactosaemia.
ΚΠ
1959 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 45 328 This enzyme is absent or deficient in the erythrocytes of galactosemics.
1988 L. Stryer Biochem. (ed. 3) xv. 359 Many galactosemics become mentally retarded.
2002 Arch. Dis. Childhood 87 57/1 Abnormalities in bone density in treated prepubertal galactosaemics of either sex has [sic] only been reported once.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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