aminoacidopathy

aminoacidopathy /ami·no·ac·i·dop·a·thy/ (-as″ĭ-dop´ah-the) any of a group of disorders due to a defect in an enzymatic step in the metabolic pathway of one or more amino acids or in a protein mediator necessary for transport of certain amino acids into or out of cells.

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aminoacidopathy

[ə·mē′nō·as′id·op′ə·thē]

any of various disorders caused by a defect in an enzymatic step in the metabolic pathway of one or more amino acids or in a protein mediator necessary for transport of an amino acid into or out of a cell.

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aminoacidopathy [ah-me″no-as″ĭ-dop´ah-the]

any inborn error of metabolism of amino acids that produces a metabolic block that results in accumulation of one or more amino acids in the blood (aminoacidemia) or excess excretion in the urine (aminoaciduria), or both.

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aminoacidopathy

any inborn error of amino acid metabolism producing a metabolic block that results in accumulation of one or more amino acids in the blood (aminoacidemia) or excess excretion in the urine (aminoaciduria) or both.