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ALCAPTONURIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does alcaptonuria mean?
• ALCAPTONURIA (noun)
The noun ALCAPTONURIA has 1 sense:
1. a rare recessive metabolic anomaly marked by ochronosis and the presence of alkapton in the urine
Familiarity information: ALCAPTONURIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("alcaptonuria" is a kind of...):
metabolic disorder (a disorder or defect of metabolism)
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