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- noun Alternative spelling of
alkaptonuria .
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- noun a rare recessive metabolic anomaly marked by ochronosis and the presence of alkapton in the urine
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"constitutional variation in function, as well as in structure, can give rise to what he termed 'chemical malformations' -- alcaptonuria, cystinuria, pentosuria, etc."
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