Typically develops shortly after birth

• A genetic disease (autosomal recessive) in which an enzyme needed to metabolize galactose is deficient or absent

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alt. (context medicine English) A genetic metabolic disorder characterized by an inability to metabolize galactose properly n. (context medicine English) A genetic metabolic disorder characterized by an inability to metabolize galactose properly

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n. a genetic disease (autosomal recessive) in which an enzyme needed to metabolize galactose is deficient or absent; typically develops shortly after birth

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Galactosemia (British Galactosaemia ) is a rare genetic metabolic disorder that affects an individual's ability to metabolize the sugar galactose properly. Galactosemia follows an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance that confers a deficiency in an enzyme ...