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porphyria
[ pawr-feer-ee-uh, -fahy-ree-uh ]
noun
- a defect of blood pigment metabolism in which porphyrins are produced in excess, are present in the blood, and are found in the urine.
porphyria
/ pɔːˈfɪrɪə /
noun
- a hereditary disease of body metabolism, producing abdominal pain, mental confusion, etc
Word History and Origins
Origin of porphyria1
Word History and Origins
Origin of porphyria1
Example Sentences
After two centuries of largely deliberate and highly political misrepresentation, people on both sides of the Atlantic think that because George was a tyrant king and moreover mad with porphyria, Britain lost the American War of Independence.
This species differs from A. porphyria in ring not being brown or brownish.
Pauline, of course, exists only as an abstraction, and Porphyria is in no exact sense a portrait from the life.
There, in five lines, is the scene and the mood, and in the sixth line Porphyria may enter.
Was called "Porphyria's Lover" in the Works, 1863 and after.
But the two which are much the most noteworthy are "Johannes Agricola" and "Porphyria."
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