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| por·phyr·i·a [ pawr free ə ] |
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disease of metabolism: a medical condition caused by the body's failure to metabolize porphyrins. Symptoms of the hereditary form include abdominal pain, sensitivity to sunlight, confusion, and excretion of porphyrins in the urine.
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| [Early 20th century. <porphyrin] |
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