maple-syrup urine disease
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English
32
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "It is also elevated in phenylketonuria (35) and in maple-syrup urine disease (163, 164) as stated above."
- "David, now nearly 3, is a living — and healthy — example of Georgia’s aggressive approach to screening all the state’s newborns for genetic diseases — even rare ones such as maple-syrup urine disease, the protein imbalance that is named for the sickly sweet-smelling urine it produces."
- "Most states offer other routine screening tests for newborns, including: […] • maple-syrup urine disease—to determine if some amino acids must be restricted for baby"