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maple syrup urine disease

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.33 in modern English

Syllables
maple syrup urine dis-ease
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Branched-chain ketoaciduria, an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder affecting branched-chain amino acids and causing the urine to have a distinctive sweet odour.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

maple-syrup urine disease (alternative) maple-syrup-urine disease (alternative)

Synonyms

MSUD branched chain ketoaciduria

Questions

What does maple syrup urine disease mean?
Branched-chain ketoaciduria, an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder affecting branched-chain amino acids and causing the urine to have a distinctive sweet odour.

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