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Meaning of alkaptonuria | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
ælˌkæptəˈnʊəɹɪə

Definitions

A rare inherited genetic disorder of phenylalanine and tyrosine metabolism, causing the accumulation and eventual excretion of alkapton.

uncountable

Equivalents

Bahasa Indonesia alkaptonuria
Português alcaptonuria

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

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