| 单词 | PKU |
| 释义 | PKU (once / 590966 pages) n WORD FAMILY PKU USAGE EXAMPLESThe company says three compounds—to treat hemophilia and the obscure illnesses PKU and achondroplasia—each have the potential to exceed $1 billion in sales. Wall Street Journal(Feb 26, 2016) These are people with an inherited disease called phenylketonuria or PKU. BBC(Apr 27, 2015) Anyone living with PKU—the disorder occurs in about one of every 15,000 newborns in the U.S.—could also benefit. Scientific American(Feb 17, 2015) 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 Syn|Hyper phenylketonuria inborn error of metabolism any of a number of diseases in which an inherited defect (usually a missing or inadequate enzyme) results in an abnormality of metabolism |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。