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direful (iou) and galactokinase deficiency (medicine)


direful (iou)



direful adjective. literary. L16.
[Irreg. from DIRE adjective + -FUL.]
Presaging dire consequences; dreadful, terrible.
direfully adverb L18.
direfulness noun M17.

galactokinase deficiency (medicine)


galactokinase deficiency


An inborn error of metabolism due to congenital deficiency of galactokinase, resulting in increased blood galactose concentration (galactosaemia), cataracts, hepatomegaly, and mental deficiency; autosomal recessive inheritance. Galactose epimerase deficiency and galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase deficiency produce much the same clinical picture.