- PKU test
- nouna test of newborn infants for phenylketonuria• Hypernyms: ↑diagnostic test, ↑diagnostic assay
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PKU test — /pi keɪ ˈju tɛst/ (say pee kay yooh test) noun → Guthrie test …
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PKU — Phenylketonuria. An inherited disorder that causes a build up of phenylalanine (an amino acid) in the blood. This can cause mental retardation, behavioral and movement problems, seizures, and delayed development. Using a blood test, PKU can… … English dictionary of cancer terms
diagnostic test — noun an assay conducted for diagnostic purposes • Syn: ↑diagnostic assay • Hypernyms: ↑assay • Hyponyms: ↑biopsy, ↑cloze procedure, ↑cloze test, ↑f … Useful english dictionary
Guthrie test — /ˈgʌθri tɛst/ (say guthree test) noun a blood test in newborn babies to detect phenylketonuria; PKU test …
Guthrie test — The Guthrie test, also known as the Guthrie bacterial inhibition assay, is a medical test performed on newborn infants to detect phenylketonuria, an inborn error of amino acid metabolism. The test has been widely used throughout North America and … Wikipedia
Guthrie test — Blood test for phenylketonuria (PKU). See phenylketonuria. * * * Guth·rie test gəth rē n a test for phenylketonuria in which the plasma phenylalanine of an affected individual reverses the inhibition of a strain of bacteria of the genus Bacillus… … Medical dictionary
Hearing screening test, newborn — Screening of the newborn baby s ability to hear. Newborn screening of hearing is done with automated auditory brainstem response tests or, less often, with what are called otoacoustic emission or conventional auditory brainstem response tests.… … Medical dictionary
diagnostic assay — noun an assay conducted for diagnostic purposes • Syn: ↑diagnostic test • Hypernyms: ↑assay • Hyponyms: ↑biopsy, ↑cloze procedure, ↑cloze test, ↑fec … Useful english dictionary
Phenylketonuria — PKU redirects here. For other uses, see PKU (disambiguation). Phenylketonuria Classification and external resources ICD 10 E70.0 ICD 9 … Wikipedia
