phenylketonuria

English

Etymology

From phenylketone +‎ -uria.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fɛnʌɪlkiːtəˈnjʊəɹɪə/

Noun

phenylketonuria (countable and uncountable, plural phenylketonurias)

1. (medicine) A metabolic disorder in which individuals lack the liver enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) which is needed to metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine.

Synonyms

• PKU

 

Coordinate terms

• phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL)
• phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH)
• phenylalanine (Phe)

 

Translations

metabolic disorder

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 苯丙酮尿癥／苯丙酮尿症 (zh) (běnbǐngtóngniàozhèng), 苯酮尿癥／苯酮尿症 (zh) (běntóngniàozhèng)

• Czech: fenylketonurie f
• Danish: fenylketonuri c
• Finnish: fenyyliketonuria
• French: phénylcétonurie (fr) f
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: fenylketonuri m, Føllings sjukdom

• Portuguese: fenilcetonúria f
• Turkish: fenilketonüri