Definition of porphyria in English:

porphyria

noun pɔːˈfɪrɪəˌpɔrˈfɪriə

mass nounMedicine

A rare hereditary disease in which there is abnormal metabolism of the blood pigment haemoglobin. Porphyrins are excreted in the urine, which becomes dark; other symptoms include mental disturbances and extreme sensitivity of the skin to light.
Example sentencesExamples
- He was almost certainly suffering from a hereditary blood disorder called porphyria that flowed through the veins of many of Europe's royal houses.
- She was a young woman with acute porphyria and severe peripheral neuropathy.
- The actual article, of course, has much more to it: the cause of his madness has been diagnosed as vitamin deficiency, anaemia, hyperthyroidism and a metabolic disease called porphyria.
- Hemophilia is a much simpler disease to explain than porphyria.
- Clinically identical acute attacks can occur in acute intermittent porphyria, variegate porphyria, hereditary coproporphyria, and plumboporphyria.
- Other metabolic neuropathies include symptomatic thyroid disease, porphyria, and renal or hepatic failure.

Origin

1920s: modern Latin, from porphyrin.

Definition of porphyria in US English:

porphyria

nounˌpôrˈfirēəˌpɔrˈfɪriə

Medicine

A rare hereditary disease in which the blood pigment hemoglobin is abnormally metabolized. Porphyrins are excreted in the urine, which becomes dark; other symptoms include mental disturbances and extreme sensitivity of the skin to light.
Example sentencesExamples
- Clinically identical acute attacks can occur in acute intermittent porphyria, variegate porphyria, hereditary coproporphyria, and plumboporphyria.
- Other metabolic neuropathies include symptomatic thyroid disease, porphyria, and renal or hepatic failure.
- The actual article, of course, has much more to it: the cause of his madness has been diagnosed as vitamin deficiency, anaemia, hyperthyroidism and a metabolic disease called porphyria.
- She was a young woman with acute porphyria and severe peripheral neuropathy.
- Hemophilia is a much simpler disease to explain than porphyria.
- He was almost certainly suffering from a hereditary blood disorder called porphyria that flowed through the veins of many of Europe's royal houses.

Origin

1920s: modern Latin, from porphyrin.

单词	porphyria
释义	Definition of porphyria in English: porphyria noun pɔːˈfɪrɪəˌpɔrˈfɪriə mass nounMedicine A rare hereditary disease in which there is abnormal metabolism of the blood pigment haemoglobin. Porphyrins are excreted in the urine, which becomes dark; other symptoms include mental disturbances and extreme sensitivity of the skin to light. Example sentencesExamples He was almost certainly suffering from a hereditary blood disorder called porphyria that flowed through the veins of many of Europe's royal houses. She was a young woman with acute porphyria and severe peripheral neuropathy. The actual article, of course, has much more to it: the cause of his madness has been diagnosed as vitamin deficiency, anaemia, hyperthyroidism and a metabolic disease called porphyria. Hemophilia is a much simpler disease to explain than porphyria. Clinically identical acute attacks can occur in acute intermittent porphyria, variegate porphyria, hereditary coproporphyria, and plumboporphyria. Other metabolic neuropathies include symptomatic thyroid disease, porphyria, and renal or hepatic failure. Origin 1920s: modern Latin, from porphyrin. Definition of porphyria in US English: porphyria nounˌpôrˈfirēəˌpɔrˈfɪriə Medicine A rare hereditary disease in which the blood pigment hemoglobin is abnormally metabolized. Porphyrins are excreted in the urine, which becomes dark; other symptoms include mental disturbances and extreme sensitivity of the skin to light. Example sentencesExamples Clinically identical acute attacks can occur in acute intermittent porphyria, variegate porphyria, hereditary coproporphyria, and plumboporphyria. Other metabolic neuropathies include symptomatic thyroid disease, porphyria, and renal or hepatic failure. The actual article, of course, has much more to it: the cause of his madness has been diagnosed as vitamin deficiency, anaemia, hyperthyroidism and a metabolic disease called porphyria. She was a young woman with acute porphyria and severe peripheral neuropathy. Hemophilia is a much simpler disease to explain than porphyria. He was almost certainly suffering from a hereditary blood disorder called porphyria that flowed through the veins of many of Europe's royal houses. Origin 1920s: modern Latin, from porphyrin.
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