Metabolic Diseases

Synonyms

Disease, Metabolic

Diseases, Metabolic

Metabolic Disease

Thesaurismoses

Thesaurismosis

Generic term for diseases caused by an abnormal metabolic process. It can be congenital due to inherited enzyme abnormality (METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS) or acquired due to disease of an endocrine organ or failure of a metabolically important organ such as the liver. (Stedman, 26th ed)