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alkapton

English

Alternative forms

  • alcapton

Etymology

Probably from alkali + ???? (hápt?, “to fasten or bind”).(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

alkapton (uncountable)

  1. homogentisic acid

Derived terms

  • alkaptonuria

References

alkapton From the web:

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  • what can alkaptonuria cause
  • what is alkaptonuria albinism

alkaptonuria

English

Alternative forms

  • alcaptonuria

Etymology

From alkapton +? -uria.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /æl?kæpt??n?????/

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 2004, p. 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

alkaptonuria From the web:

  • alkaptonuria what chromosome
  • what causes alkaptonuria
  • what is alkaptonuria in biochemistry
  • what is alkaptonuria disease
  • what does alkaptonuria
  • what can alkaptonuria cause
  • what is alkaptonuria albinism
  • what does alkaptonuria do
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