aminoaciduria /ami·no·ac·id·u·ria/ (-as″ĭ-du´re-ah) an excess of amino acids in the urine.
Aminoaciduria
aminoaciduria
a·mi·no·ac·i·du·ri·a ( -m  n - s -d r -, m-n-)n. A disorder of protein metabolism in which excessive amounts of amino acids are excreted in the urine. Also called acidaminuria. |
Aminoaciduria
A condition confirmed by laboratory tests where high levels of amino acids are found in the urine.
Mentioned in: Amino Acid Disorders Screening, Hartnup Disease
aminoaciduria
[amē′nō·as′idoo͡r′ē·ə]
the abnormal presence of amino acids in the urine that usually indicates an inborn error of metabolism, as in cystinuria. Formerly called acidaminuria.
aminoaciduria
an excess in the urine of amino acids. Occurs in fanconi's syndrome, a familial renal disease of Norwegian elkhounds and Basenji dogs, and as a predisposing factor in the development of cystine uroliths.
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