— phenylketonuric , adj.
/fen'l kee'toh noor"ee euh, -nyoor"-, feen'-/ , n. Pathol.
an inherited disease due to faulty metabolism of phenylalanine, characterized by phenylketones in the urine and usually first noted by signs of mental retardation in infancy. Also called phenylpyruvic oligophrenia .
[ 1930-35; ]