phenylketonuria

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Etymology

From phenylketone +‎ -uria.

Pronunciation

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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.

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