| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | por·phyr·i·a |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  pôr-fîr  - |
| NOUN: | Any of several disorders of porphyrin metabolism, usually hereditary, characterized by the presence of large amounts of porphyrins in the blood and urine. | | ETYMOLOGY: | New Latin : porphyr(in) + –ia1. | | OTHER FORMS: | por·phyric —ADJECTIVE
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