See Also: alkaptonuria(medicine)
Alkaptonuria(health)
alkaptonuria(dictionary)

alkaptonuria (iou)



alkaptonuria noun. Also alcaptonuria. L19.
[from German Alkapton, Alc- homogentisic acid, from alkali ALKALI + Greek kapton neut. pres. pple of kaptein swallow greedily, + -URIA.]
Medicine. A hereditary metabolic disorder characterized by an accumulation of homogentisic acid in certain tissues and its excretion in the urine.
alkaptonuric adjective & noun (a person) suffering from alkaptonuria L19.