Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Abnormal acidity of the blood.
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- noun Alternative form of
acidaemia .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a blood disorder characterized by an increased concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which falls below 7 on the pH scale)
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Examples
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Organic acidopathies (propionic acidemia, methylmalonic acidemia, biotinidase deficiency, phenylketonuria (PKU) and other disorders)
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His diagnosis: a rare but treatable disease called isovaleric acidemia (IVA), marked by the body's inability to metabolize an amino acid found in dietary protein.
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Autumn was born with a rare metabolic disorder called Argininosuccinic acidemia, and lived with the disease, which causes a toxic buildup of ammonia in the blood, for 22 months before it was detected by doctors at UCLA.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Michael's parents discovered that he suffered from glutaric acidemia 1, an enzyme deficiency disorder, when he was 11 months old.
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In June, Scott the health scare they suffered last fall when daughter Bailey DeLuca received a positive result for a potentially deadly metabolic disorder known as glutaric acidemia type 1 (
Celebrity Baby Blog 2008
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In June, Scott the health scare they suffered last fall when daughter Bailey DeLuca received a positive result for a potentially deadly metabolic disorder known as glutaric acidemia type 1 (
Celebrity Baby Blog 2008
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In June, Scott the health scare they suffered last fall when daughter Bailey DeLuca received a positive result for a potentially deadly metabolic disorder known as glutaric acidemia type 1 (
Celebrity Baby Blog 2008
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In June, Scott the health scare they suffered last fall when daughter Bailey DeLuca received a positive result for a potentially deadly metabolic disorder known as glutaric acidemia type 1 (
Celebrity Baby Blog 2008
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In June, Scott the health scare they suffered last fall when daughter Bailey DeLuca received a positive result for a potentially deadly metabolic disorder known as glutaric acidemia type 1 (
Celebrity Baby Blog 2008
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