metabolic disorder, 1923, from porphyrin (1910), the name of the type of chemical which, in imbalance, causes it, from German porphyrin, chemical name, from Greek porphyros "purple" (see purple) + -in (2). Some of the compounds are purple.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. This is the porphyria, a rare genetic disease.
這就是卟啉癥了, 一種罕見(jiàn)的遺傳疾病.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
2. As genetic blood disorders, hemophilia and porphyria had serious effects on the crowned heads of Europe.