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MAPLE SYRUP URINE DISEASE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An inherited disorder of metabolism in which the urine has a odor characteristic of maple syrup; if untreated it can lead to mental retardation and death in early childhood
Synonyms:
branched chain ketoaciduria; maple syrup urine disease
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("maple syrup urine disease" is a kind of...):
congenital disease; genetic abnormality; genetic defect; genetic disease; genetic disorder; hereditary condition; hereditary disease; inherited disease; inherited disorder (a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically)
acetonuria; ketoaciduria; ketonuria (excessive amounts of ketone bodies in the urine as in diabetes mellitus or starvation)
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