xanthuria
English
Etymology
From xantho- + -uria
Noun
xanthuria (uncountable)
- (pathology) The presence of xanthine in the urine, especially the presence of a large amount of xanthine due to a metabolic disorder.
- 1882, Clifford Mitchell, The Practitioners Guide in Urinalysis, page 194:
- Xanthuria. — Voiding of urine depositing xanthin.
- 1985, Urology, volume 2, page 12:
- Xanthuria is an hereditary disorder in which there is an absence of the enzyme xanthine oxidase which interferes with the metabolic breakdown of purines, leading to an increased excretion of xanthine in the urine and to formation of stones.
- 2014, Emilio Quaia, Radiological Imaging of the Kidney, page 398:
- Xanthine calculi are seen in patients with hereditary xanthuria and those undergoing treatment with allopurinol.
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