alkaptonuria

English

Alternative forms

• alcaptonuria

Etymology

From alkapton +‎ -uria.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ælˌkæptəˈnʊəɹɪə/

Noun

alkaptonuria (uncountable)

1. (medicine) A rare inherited genetic disorder of phenylalanine and tyrosine metabolism, causing the accumulation and eventual excretion of alkapton.
   • 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 39:

     In his work at St Bartholomew's Hospital and Great Ormond Street in London, Garrod had come across a number of patients with a rare and not very serious disease, known as alkaptonuria.

Related terms

• alkaptonuric

Translations

genetic disorder causing the accumulation of alkapton

• Indonesian: alkaptonuria
• Portuguese: alcaptonúria f, alcaptonuria f

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /alkaptonuˈria/ [al.kap.t̪o.nuˈri.a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: al‧kap‧to‧nu‧ri‧a

Noun

alkaptonuria (plural alkaptonuria-alkaptonuria)

1. (pathology) alkaptonuria

Further reading

• “alkaptonuria” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.