Term: lysinemia: an inborn error of metabolism in which the lack of certain enzymes leads to an inability to metabolize the amino acid lysine; characterized by muscular weakness and mental retardation
Candidate hypernym: inborn error of metabolism: any of a number of diseases in which an inherited defect (usually a missing or inadequate enzyme) results in an abnormality of metabolism → 1
Candidate hypernym: boxfish: any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates → 0
Candidate hypernym: pectoral sandpiper: American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting → 0
Candidate hypernym: obscenity: the trait of behaving in an obscene manner → 0
Candidate hypernym: hemiepiphyte: a plant that is an epiphyte for part of its life → 0
Candidate hypernym: elder: any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit → 0
Candidate hypernym: amish sect: an orthodox Anabaptist sect separated from the Mennonites in late 17th century; settled chiefly in southeastern Pennsylvania → 0
Candidate hypernym: desperado: a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier) → 0
Candidate hypernym: housemaid's knee: swelling of the bursa in the knee (due to trauma or excessive kneeling) → 0
Candidate hypernym: macrothelypteris: medium to large terrestrial ferns of tropical Asia to Polynesia and Australia; naturalized in Americas → 0
Candidate hypernym: cut: (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball → 0