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.
实用例句
1. This is the porphyria, a rare genetic disease.
这就是卟啉症了, 一种罕见的遗传疾病.来自互联网
2. As genetic blood disorders, hemophilia and porphyria had serious effects on the crowned heads of Europe.
