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Porphyria meaning

Any of several usually hereditary abnormalities of porphyrin metabolism characterized by excretion of excess porphyrins in the urine.

Synonyms of Porphyria

genetic disease genetic disorder genetic abnormality genetic defect congenital disease inherited disease inherited disorder hereditary disease hereditary condition

Related words

Other words often associated with Porphyria or its synonyms:

disease

Using Porphyria

  • The main meaning on this page is: Any of several usually hereditary abnormalities of porphyrin metabolism characterized by excretion of excess porphyrins in the urine.
  • Useful related words include: genetic disease, genetic disorder, genetic abnormality, genetic defect.
  • In the example corpus, porphyria often appears in combinations such as: hepatic porphyria.

Context around Porphyria

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

hepatic 2× disease 1×

Often after:

sufferers 1×

Sentence patterns with Porphyria

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

acute hepatic porphyria 2× genetic disease porphyria which some 1× suggestions that porphyria sufferers crave 1× symptoms of porphyria are based 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

approval of givlaari 1× charles is supposedly 1× on wednesday the 1× the theory has 1×

Common sentence endings:

acute hepatic porphyria 2× of the affliction 1× of the disease 1×

Words around Porphyria

Just before it in the word index:

porphyra 2 poroz 2 porowski 13 porous 232 porosus 2 porosity 52

Just after it in the word index:

porphyrias 2 porphyrin 10 porphyrio 4 porphyrios 3 porphyritic 3 porphyrius 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 6 aaah 6 aaargh 6 aacl 6 aadhi 6 aak 6

Corpus analysis for Porphyria

  • In this selection, "porphyria" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, hepatic, disease and sufferers stand out and add context to how "porphyria" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include acute hepatic porphyria and genetic disease porphyria which some. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "porphyria" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with porphyria

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Approval of Givlaari was based on clinical data from 94 patients with acute hepatic porphyria. (15 words)

On Wednesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of Givlaari (givosiran) for the treatment of acute hepatic porphyria. (22 words)

Charles is supposedly concerned that he inherited from “mad” King George III the genetic disease porphyria, which some have proposed may have led to werewolf legends in extreme cases of the affliction. (32 words)

Longer example sentences

The theory has been rebuffed medically as suggestions that porphyria sufferers crave the haem in human blood, or that the consumption of blood might ease the symptoms of porphyria, are based on a misunderstanding of the disease. (37 words)

Charles is supposedly concerned that he inherited from “mad” King George III the genetic disease porphyria, which some have proposed may have led to werewolf legends in extreme cases of the affliction. (32 words)

On Wednesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of Givlaari (givosiran) for the treatment of acute hepatic porphyria. (22 words)

Example sentences (4)

The theory has been rebuffed medically as suggestions that porphyria sufferers crave the haem in human blood, or that the consumption of blood might ease the symptoms of porphyria, are based on a misunderstanding of the disease.

Approval of Givlaari was based on clinical data from 94 patients with acute hepatic porphyria.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of Givlaari (givosiran) for the treatment of acute hepatic porphyria.

Charles is supposedly concerned that he inherited from “mad” King George III the genetic disease porphyria, which some have proposed may have led to werewolf legends in extreme cases of the affliction.

Common combinations with porphyria

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "porphyria" in a sentence?
An example: "The theory has been rebuffed medically as suggestions that porphyria sufferers crave the haem in human blood, or that the consumption of blood might ease the symptoms of porphyria, are based on a misunderstanding of the disease." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "porphyria" from authentic English texts.
What does "porphyria" mean?
Porphyria means: Any of several usually hereditary abnormalities of porphyrin metabolism characterized by excretion of excess porphyrins in the urine.
What are synonyms of "porphyria"?
Common synonyms of "porphyria" include: genetic disease, genetic disorder, genetic abnormality, genetic defect, congenital disease, inherited disease, inherited disorder, hereditary disease. Plus 1 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "porphyria" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "porphyria", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.