See Also: xanthinuria(medicine)

laryngology (iou) and xanthinuria (medicine)


laryngology (iou)



laryngology noun. M19.
[from LARYNGO- + -LOGY.]
The branch of medicine that deals with the larynx and its diseases.
laryngo'logical adjective L19.
laryngologist noun L19.

xanthinuria (medicine)


xanthinuria


1. Excretion of abnormally large amounts of xanthine in the urine.

2. A disorder resulting from defective synthesis of xanthine oxidase, characterised by urinary excretion of xanthine in place of uric acid, hypouricaemia, and, in some cases, the formation of xanthine stones; autosomal recessive inheritance.

Synonym: xanthiuria, xanthuria.

Origin: xanthine + G. Ouron, urine