phenylketonuria

English

Etymology

From phenylketone +‎ -uria.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /fɛnʌɪlkiːtəˈnjʊəɹɪə/

Noun

phenylketonuria (countable and uncountable, plural phenylketonurias)

(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

Translations

metabolic disorder

Chinese:
Mandarin: 苯丙酮尿癥 (zh), 苯丙酮尿症 (zh) (běnbǐngtóngniàozhèng), 苯酮尿癥 (zh), 苯酮尿症 (zh) (běntóngniàozhèng)
Czech: fenylketonurie f

Finnish: fenyyliketonuria
French: phénylcétonurie (fr) f

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