Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A form of glycosuria in which the excreted sugar is a pentose.
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- noun pathology the presence of
pentose sugars in theurine ; especially the presence of abnormally high levels ofxylulose 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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