cystinuria

[ sis-tuh-noor-ee-uh, -nyoor- ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. an inherited metabolic disorder that results in the excessive excretion of certain amino acids, especially cystine, in the urine.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cystinuria¹

First recorded in 1850–55; cystine + -uria

Example Sentences

Stadthagen and Brieger have also found, in a case of cystinuria diamines, chiefly pentamethylenediamine.

From Project Gutenberg

In a case of cystinuria Udrànsky and E. Baumann have found 0·24 grm.

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