alkaptonuria

English

Alternative forms

• alcaptonuria

Etymology

From alkapton +‎ -uria.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ælˌkæptəˈnʊəɹɪə/

Noun

alkaptonuria (uncountable)

1. (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, published 2004, page 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.

Related terms

• alkaptonuric

Translations

genetic disorder causing the accumulation of alkapton

• Portuguese: alcaptonúria f, alcaptonuria f