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cystinuria

[sis-tuh-noo r-ee-uh, -nyoo r-]
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noun Pathology.
  1. an inherited metabolic disorder that results in the excessive excretion of certain amino acids, especially cystine, in the urine.
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Origin of cystinuria

First recorded in 1850–55; cystine + -uria
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Historical Examples

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

    Poisons: Their Effects and Detection

    Alexander Wynter Blyth

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

cystinuria in Medicine

cystinuria

(sĭs′tə-nur′ē-ə)
n.
  1. A hereditary condition characterized by excessive urinary excretion of cystine, lysine, arginine, and ornithine, caused by a defect in the renal tubules that impairs reabsorption of these acids.
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