ALKAPTONURIA

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 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

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)

 Context examples 

Representative examples include alkaptonuria, homocystinuria, tyrosinemia, and phenylketonuria.

(Amino Acid Metabolism Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

It is associated with alkaptonuria.

(Ochronosis, NCI Thesaurus)