phenylketonuria
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From phenylketone + -uria.
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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.
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metabolic disorder
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