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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 urineplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ALCAPTONURIA (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 ("alcaptonuria" is a kind of...):

metabolic disorder (a disorder or defect of metabolism)


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