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maple syrup urine disease
noun(ma-ple syr-up urine disease)
an inherited disorder of amino acid metabolism that is characterized initially by an odor of maple syrup in the urine and in earwax and by vomiting, fatigue, irritability, and hypertonicity, and that unless treated with dietary measures leads to seizures, brain damage, coma, and death

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