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PHENYLKETONURIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genetic disorder of metabolism; lack of the enzyme needed to turn phenylalanine into tyrosine results in an accumulation of phenylalanine in the body fluids which causes various degrees of mental deficiency
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("phenylketonuria" is a kind of...):
inborn error of metabolism (any of a number of diseases in which an inherited defect (usually a missing or inadequate enzyme) results in an abnormality of metabolism)
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