pentosurian.
/ˌpɛntəˈsjʊərɪə/, /ˌpɛntəˈʃʊərɪə/, /ˌpɛntəˈsjɔːrɪə/, /ˌpɛntəˈʃɔːrɪə/, U.S. /ˌpɛn(t)oʊˈsʊriə/, /ˌpɛn(t)oʊˈʃʊriə/ Medicine.
Abnormal excretion of pentoses in the urine; spec. a benign inherited (autosomal recessive) condition characterized by the excretion of L-xylulose in the urine.
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pyuria1772
albuminuria1838
azoturia1838
oxaluria1844
hippuria1847
mellituria1848
cystinuria1853
phosphuria1854
phosphoruria1858
chyluria1860
glycosuria1860
bacilluria1881
acetonuria1883
urobilinuria1887
alkaptonuria1888
bacteriuria1889
melanuria1890
peptonuria1890
xanthinuria1890
indicanuria1897
postural albuminuria1897
acholuria1900
pentosuria1902
proteinuria1911
ketonuria1913
porphyrinuria1916
hypercalcuria1930
porphobilinogenuria1949
natriuresis1957
maple syrup disease1959
saluresis1959
homocystinuria1962
1902 Med. Rev. 5 94/2 (heading) The clinical importance of chronic pentosuria.
1936 Nature 7 Nov. 805/2 There are known to be at least two types of the rare chronic pentosuria, differing in the nature of the pentose sugar found.
1970 R. Passmore & J. S. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. II. xxxi. 9/1 In alkaptonuria, albinism, cystinuria and pentosuria there was a block in a metabolic process due to an inherited deficiency of a specific enzyme.
1994 Science 4 Feb. 698/2 The situation was not much different nine years later.., since albinism, cystinuria, and pentosuria were only slightly more common.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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