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Definition of: galactosemia
(gə·lak′tə·sē′mē·ə) noun Pathol.
A metabolic disease in which the body is unable to tolerate milk in any form because of the lack of an enzyme which converts galactose into glucose: often fatal in newborn children. [<GALACTOSE + -EMIA]
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