See Also: porphyrinopathy(medicine)

kae(2) (iou) and porphyrinopathy (medicine)


kae(2) (iou)



kae verb trans. Long obsolete exc. dial. M16.
[Origin uncertain: perh. var. of CLAW verb or CA' verb.]
Only in kae me, kae thee and kae me and I'll kae thee: used as a suggestion or proposal of mutual help, service, flattery, etc.

porphyrinopathy (medicine)


porphyrinopathy


A syndrome which results from abnormal porphyrin metabolism such as acute porphyria.

Synonym: porphyrism.

Origin: porphyrin + G. Pathos, disease