cystinuria

[sis-tuh-noo r-ee-uh, -nyoo r-]

noun Pathology.

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

Origin of cystinuria

First recorded in 1850–55; cystine + -uria

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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.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection
Alexander Wynter Blyth

cystinuria in Medicine

cystinuria

[sĭs′tə-nur′ē-ə]

n.

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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