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Homocystinuria (HCU) is an inherited disorder of amino acid metabolism, caused by an enzymatic defect in a metabolic pathway that leads to increased levels of methionine.
Etymology: L, inficere, to stain. 1 the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms that reproduce and multiply, causing disease by local cellular injury, secretion of a toxin, or antigen-antibody reaction in the host. 2 a disease caused by the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms.Compare infestation. infectious, adj. an invasion of the tissues of the body by disease-producing microorganisms and the reaction of these tissues to the microorganisms and/or their toxins. The mere presence of microorganisms without reaction is not evidence of infection.