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xanthinuria
(redirected from Xanthine oxydase deficiency)

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xanthinuria /xan·thin·uria/ (zan?thin-ur´e-ah)
1. excretion of xanthine in the urine.
2. a hereditary disorder of purine metabolism due to a deficiency of the enzyme xanthine oxidase, with excessive xanthine and hypoxanthine in urine and sometimes xanthine calculi in the urinary tract.
xan·thi·nu·ri·a (znth-nr-)
n.
1. Excretion of abnormally large amounts of xanthine in the urine.
2. An inherited metabolic disorder resulting from defective synthesis of xanthine oxidase and characterized by urinary excretion of xanthine in place of uric acid.
xanthinuria
excess of xanthine in the urine.


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