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

Coordinate terms

phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL)
phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH)
phenylalanine (Phe)

Translations

metabolic disorder

Chinese:
Mandarin: 苯丙酮尿癥／苯丙酮尿症 (zh) (běnbǐngtóngniàozhèng), 苯酮尿癥／苯酮尿症 (zh) (běntóngniàozhèng)
Czech: fenylketonurie f
Danish: fenylketonuri c
Finnish: fenyyliketonuria
French: phénylcétonurie (fr) f
Norwegian:
Nynorsk: fenylketonuri m, Føllings sjukdom
Portuguese: fenilcetonúria f
Turkish: fenilketonüri

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