Usually means: Genetic disorder affecting protein metabolism.
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  1. PKU, PKU: Merriam-Webster
  2. PKU: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. PKU: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  7. PKU: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  11. PKU (disambiguation), PKU, Pku: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  14. pku: FreeDictionary.org
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Medicine (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. PKU: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. PKU: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. PKU (phenylketonuria): Merck Manuals
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  7. PKU: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  8. PKU: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
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  10. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  11. PKU: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (PKU)

noun:  Synonym of Peking University
noun:  Abbreviation of phenylketonuria. [(medicine) A metabolic disorder in which individuals lack the liver enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) which is needed to metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine.]

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