Associations to the word «Phenylketonuria»
Noun
- Retardation
- Metabolism
- Tay
- Tyrosine
- Sclerosis
- Deficiency
- Screening
- Sickle
- Sachs
- Disorder
- Autism
- Phosphorus
- Depletion
- Paleontology
- Pheasant
- Outcrop
- Anemia
- Enzyme
- Diabetes
- Syndrome
- Guthrie
- Shrew
- Puberty
- Ozone
- Defect
- Oscillation
- Diet
- Hypertension
- Syrup
- Inability
- Disease
- Oriole
- Urine
- Otter
- Phosphate
- Error
- Infant
- Mutation
- Gale
- Oxidation
- Genetics
- Nutrition
- Inhibitor
- Pi
- Chromosome
- Pregnancy
- Trauma
- Plasma
- Seizure
- Gene
- Dis
- Reactor
- Maple
- Intake
- Owl
- Hormone
- Testing
- Genes
- Kidney
- Infection
- Vitamin
- Encyclopedia
- Acid
- Synonym
- Hiv
- Detection
- Oxygen
- Diagnosis
- Organism
Adjective
Verb
Adverb
Wiktionary
PHENYLKETONURIA, noun. (medicine) A metabolic disorder in which individuals lack the liver enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) which is needed to metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine.
Dictionary definition
PHENYLKETONURIA, noun. 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.
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.