porphyria

[ pawr-feer-ee-uh, -fahy-ree-uh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Pathology.

a defect of blood pigment metabolism in which porphyrins are produced in excess, are present in the blood, and are found in the urine.

porphyria

/ pɔːˈfɪrɪə /

a hereditary disease of body metabolism, producing abdominal pain, mental confusion, etc

First recorded in 1920–25; porphyr(in) + -ia

C19: from New Latin, from porphyrin a purple substance excreted by patients suffering from this condition, from Greek porphura purple

This species differs from A. porphyria in ring not being brown or brownish.

Pauline, of course, exists only as an abstraction, and Porphyria is in no exact sense a portrait from the life.

There, in five lines, is the scene and the mood, and in the sixth line Porphyria may enter.

Was called "Porphyria's Lover" in the Works, 1863 and after.

But the two which are much the most noteworthy are "Johannes Agricola" and "Porphyria."

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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