• n.
    ⦿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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Lexical context

wn:part of speechnoun
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:PKU
  2. enl:phenylketonuria
wn:interlingual indexili:i113240

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skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:labelPKUphenylketonuria