maple syrup urine disease

English

Alternative forms

• maple-syrup urine disease
• maple-syrup-urine disease

Noun

maple syrup urine disease (uncountable)

1. Branched-chain ketoaciduria, an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder affecting branched-chain amino acids and causing the urine to have a distinctive sweet odour.

Synonyms

• MSUD (initialism)