Meanings
alternative alcaptonuria
- uncountablemedicineA rare inherited genetic disorder of phenylalanine and tyrosine metabolism, causing the accumulation and eventual excretion of alkapton.
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, published 2004, page 39Synonyms: black urine disease
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA rare inherited genetic disorder of phenylalanine and tyrosine metabolism, causing the accumulation and eventual excretion of alkapton.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna rare recessive metabolic anomaly marked by ochronosis and the presence of alkapton in the urine
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Origin
Translations
Indonesian alkaptonuria
- alkaptonuriagenetic disorder causing the accumulation of alkapton
Portuguese alcaptonúria, alcaptonuria
- alcaptonúriagenetic disorder causing the accumulation of alkapton
- alcaptonuriagenetic disorder causing the accumulation of alkapton
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alkaptonuria. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alkaptonuria
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