alkaptonuria
English
Alternative forms
- alcaptonuria
Etymology
From alkapton + -uria.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ælˌkæptəˈnʊəɹɪə/
Noun
alkaptonuria (uncountable)
- (medicine) A rare inherited genetic disorder of phenylalanine and tyrosine metabolism, causing the accumulation and eventual excretion of alkapton.
- 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 39:
- In his work at St Bartholomew's Hospital and Great Ormond Street in London, Garrod had come across a number of patients with a rare and not very serious disease, known as alkaptonuria.
- 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 39:
Related terms
- alkaptonuric
Translations
genetic disorder causing the accumulation of alkapton
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