Diseases

Metabolic Diseases

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)

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Abstract

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)

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Diseases, Metabolic
  • Thesaurismosis
  • Disease, Metabolic
  • Metabolic Disease
  • Thesaurismoses

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34 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified; prefer specifics; differentiate from DEFICIENCY DISEASES

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  1. C18.452w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Metabolic Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008659. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008659
  2. Metabolic Diseases. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolic_disorder
  3. Metabolic Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2351083