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enzyme defect (medicine)


enzyme defect


A disorder resulting from a deficiency (or functional abnormality) of an enzyme. In 1902 Archibald Garrod first attributed a disease to an enzyme defect: an inborn error of metabolism. Today, newborns are routinely screened for certain enzyme defects such as PKU (phenylketonuria) and galactosaemia, an error in the handling (metabolism) of the sugar galactose.


prothesis (iou)



prothesis noun. . L16.
[Greek = a placing before or in public, formed as PRO-2 + thesis placing.]
= PROSTHESIS 1. L16.
Christian Church. The placing of the Eucharistic elements in readiness for use. Also (esp. in the Orthodox Church), the table on which these are placed, a credence table; the part of a church where this stands. L17.
Something which precedes, an antecedent. rare. E19.