OCHRONOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ochronosis mean? 

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

1. an accumulation of dark pigment in cartilage and other connective tissue; usually a symptom of alkaptonuria or phenol poisoning

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OCHRONOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An accumulation of dark pigment in cartilage and other connective tissue; usually a symptom of alkaptonuria or phenol poisoning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)