MAPLE SYRUP URINE DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does maple syrup urine disease mean? 

• MAPLE SYRUP URINE DISEASE (noun)
  The noun MAPLE SYRUP URINE DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. an inherited disorder of metabolism in which the urine has a odor characteristic of maple syrup; if untreated it can lead to mental retardation and death in early childhood

  Familiarity information: MAPLE SYRUP URINE DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAPLE SYRUP URINE DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An inherited disorder of metabolism in which the urine has a odor characteristic of maple syrup; if untreated it can lead to mental retardation and death in early childhood

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

branched chain ketoaciduria; maple syrup urine disease

Hypernyms ("maple syrup urine disease" is a kind of...):

congenital disease; genetic abnormality; genetic defect; genetic disease; genetic disorder; hereditary condition; hereditary disease; inherited disease; inherited disorder (a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically)

acetonuria; ketoaciduria; ketonuria (excessive amounts of ketone bodies in the urine as in diabetes mellitus or starvation)