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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation phenylketonuria
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- initialism
phenylketonuria
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- 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
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Examples
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Phenylketonuria: "Classical PKU is an autosomal recessive disorder"
Archive 2004-11-01 2004
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Classical PKU is an autosomal recessive disorder, caused by mutations in both alleles of the gene for phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH), found on chromosome 12.
Archive 2004-11-01 2004
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But no one would be — ummm, “stupid” enough — to call the PKU allele a “stupid gene”.
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But no one would be — ummm, “stupid” enough — to call the PKU allele a “stupid gene”.
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The only people who are advised to avoid aspartame completely are those with a rare inherited disorder called PKU (phenylketonuria).
What does it mean when the package says ���sugar free?��� 2008
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As a researcher, Koch devoted much of his career to preventing disability, specifically phenylketonuria, commonly called PKU, a hereditary metabolic disorder that can cause mental disability.
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"In 1964 I was a medical student, and my mom sent me an article about several of my cousins who had been diagnosed with a genetic disorder called PKU," Cross said.
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Like after the decision not to allow them to bathe the baby after 8 hours on the outside, and the decision to not allow them to repeat the jaundice blood test after the first, administered with the PKU, did not yield enough blood to get results.
Archive 2009-09-01 2009
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Like after the decision not to allow them to bathe the baby after 8 hours on the outside, and the decision to not allow them to repeat the jaundice blood test after the first, administered with the PKU, did not yield enough blood to get results.
Labour Day - Part II 2009
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Virtually the only people who cannot consume the artificial sweetener aspartame are those who have a rare hereditary disease called phenylketonuria PKU—and every product that contains aspartame carries a PKU warning on the label.
The Small Change Diet Keri Gans 2011
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