A medical condition characterized by abnormal levels of amino acids in the blood; a metabolic disorder affecting protein building blocks.
From 'amino acid' + '-emia' (suffix meaning 'in the blood'). Medical terminology developed in 20th-century biochemistry and medicine to describe blood chemistry abnormalities.
Aminoacidemia sounds like a rare disease, but every newborn in developed countries is screened for it—it's how doctors catch serious genetic diseases early because abnormal amino acid levels are the body's warning light.
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