Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A rare metabolic disorder that causes a defect in enzyme production and consequent body odour.
Etymologies
- trimethylamine + -uria (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Almost 40 years passed before Ms. Marshall, through her own research, learned about a metabolic disorder called trimethylaminuria, or TMAU.”
“The bottom line is, if you're the kind of person who thinks that because some people smell bad due to a certain genetic disease (trimethylaminuria, p. 64) it follows that Darwinian processes made the eye, this is the book for you.”
“Need help my 5 year old has been diagnosed with secondary trimethylaminuria, she gets a smell on her breath?”
“in Philadelphia found that 118 of 353 people who complained of bad body odor had trimethylaminuria - a metabolic disorder caused by a mutation in a single gene, FMO3.”
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deinonychus Also called fish odor syndrome. Feb 11, 2012