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aminoaciduria

aminoaciduria

9.9
A condition where amino acids appear in urine, showing a problem with how the body breaks down protein
  • noun
  • /əˌmiːnoʊˌæsiˈdʊəriə/
  • Specialized
: aminoaciduria
  • Infants with inherited metabolic disorders may develop aminoaciduria as one of the symptoms.

Examples

  • The doctor diagnosed aminoaciduria after abnormal results in the patient's urine test.

  • Children with aminoaciduria may require special dietary adjustments.

  • Detection of aminoaciduria can assist in identifying problems with kidney or liver function.

  • The doctor diagnosed her with aminoaciduria after reviewing her test results.

  • The doctor diagnosed aminoaciduria after the urine test revealed high levels of amino acids.

  • Infants with inherited metabolic disorders often show symptoms of aminoaciduria due to their bodies' inability to process certain proteins.

  • The presence of aminoaciduria in her test results suggested an underlying metabolic condition that needed further investigation.

Surface Forms

aminoaciduria singular
aminoacidurias plural

Morphology

aminoaciduria = amino acid (semi-transparent) = amino + acid + uria

The element 'amino acid' is transparent, but the medical combining suffix '-uria' (meaning presence in urine) is specialized and may be unknown to average learners.

Etymology

The word aminoaciduria breaks into three parts: amino (as in 'amino acid', the small parts that make proteins), acid ('acid'), and -uria ('urine'). So it literally means 'amino acids in the urine', which explains why the word names the abnormal finding of these protein parts in a person's urine.