fructosuria

fructosuria

 [fruk″to-su´re-ah]

the presence of fructose in the urine.

essential fructosuria a benign, autosomal recessive disorder of carbohydrate metabolism due to a defect in fructokinase and manifested only by fructose in the blood and urine.

fruc·to·su·ri·a

(fruk-tō-sū'rē-ă), [MIM*229800]

Excretion of fructose in the urine.

Synonym(s): levulosuria

[fructose + G. ouron, urine]

fructosuria

(frŭk′tō-so͝or′ē-ə, -syo͝or′-, fro͝ok′-)

n.

The presence of fructose in the urine.

fruc·to·su·ri·a

(fruk'tō-syūr'ē-ă)

Excretion of fructose in the urine.

[fructose + G. ouron, urine]

fructosuria

A rare genetic disorder in which the metabolism of the fruit sugar fructose is abnormal, leading to appearance of the sugar in the urine.