Spasticity: Continuous contraction of certain muscles.
Stressful: Having stress, irritation.
Supplementation: A substance added to counteract a deficiency or potential deficiency.
Switching Off: To turn off.
Tissue: A group of cells that have a similar structure and function.
Transaminases: The addition of an amine group.
Transcarbamylation: The addition of a carbon group.
Transport: To carry from one area to another.
Tremor Ataxia: Trembling or shaking and lack of control of voluntary muscles.
Trichorrhexis Nodosa: A node-like appearance of fragile hair.
Triggering Event: An episode that causes a reaction or illness.
Urea: A product of protein breakdown of amino acids, excreted in the urine.
Urea Cycle: A metabolic process in which waste (nitrogen) from the breakdown of proteins in the body is changed by the liver into a urea, excreted in the urine.
Ureagenesis: The transformation of proteins to a urea compound that can be excreted in the urine.
Voluntary muscles: Muscles of the body that a person can control.
Waste: unusable or excess material, lost by breaking down of the body’s tissues.
X-Chromosome: A sex chromosome in both males and females (males have one X-chromosome, XY=male, and females have two X-chromosomes, XX=females).
