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
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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
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