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PKU
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pku
English
Noun
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en phenylketonuria.
en Rachel Trent How a 6-year-old with two rare disorders inspired a country song about Kenny Chesney w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/11/us/6-year-old-rare-disorders-kenny-chesney-trnd 2021-04-11 Nash Hensley, of South Bend, Indiana, was born with two genetic disorders: achondroplasia, a bone growth disorder characterized by dwarfism, and phenylketonuria, or PKU, which causes the phenylalanine amino acid to build up in the body, according to the Mayo Clinic. PKU is caused by a defect in the gene that produces the enzyme needed to break down phenylalanine, so Nash is required to live on a restricted, low-protein diet. https://web.archive.org/web/20220812070146/https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/11/us/6-year-old-rare-disorders-kenny-chesney-trnd
Proper noun
en w:Peking University.
Anagrams
en kpu UKP
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