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ALKAPTONURIA

Dictionary entry overview: What does alkaptonuria mean?

• ALKAPTONURIA (noun)
The noun ALKAPTONURIA has 1 sense:

1. a rare recessive metabolic anomaly marked by ochronosis and the presence of alkapton in the urine

Familiarity information: ALKAPTONURIA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ALKAPTONURIA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A rare recessive metabolic anomaly marked by ochronosis and the presence of alkapton in the urine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

alcaptonuria; alkaptonuria

Hypernyms ("alkaptonuria" is a kind of...):

metabolic disorder (a disorder or defect of metabolism)

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