Medical Dictionary
alkaptonuria
noun al·kap·ton·uria
Medical Definition of ALKAPTONURIA
: a rare recessive metabolic anomaly in humans marked by inability to complete the degradation of tyrosine and phenylalanine resulting in the presence of alkapton in the urine
Variants of ALKAPTONURIA
al·kap·ton·uria or al·cap·ton·uria \(ˌ)al-ˌkap-tə-ˈn(y)u̇rē-ə\
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