porphyria cutanea tarda

[ kyōō-tā′nē-ə târ′də ]

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Porphyria characterized by liver dysfunction and photosensitive cutaneous lesions, with hyperpigmentation and scleroderma-like changes in skin, neurologic manifestations, and porphyrinuria.symptomatic porphyria

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Words nearby porphyria cutanea tarda

porous, porphin, porphobilin, porphobilinogen, porphyria, porphyria cutanea tarda, porphyrin, porphyrinogen, porphyrinuria, porphyritic, porphyrization

How to use porphyria cutanea tarda in a sentence

This species differs from A. porphyria in ring not being brown or brownish.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise|M. E. Hard
Pauline, of course, exists only as an abstraction, and Porphyria is in no exact sense a portrait from the life.
Life of Robert Browning|William Sharp
Tarda sit illa dies, et nostro serior vo—Slow may that day approach, and long after our time.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood
Tarda solet magnis rebus inesse fides—Men are slow to repose confidence in undertakings of magnitude.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood

There, in five lines, is the scene and the mood, and in the sixth line Porphyria may enter.
An Introduction to the Study of Browning|Arthur Symons