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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A disorder of protein metabolism in which excessive amounts of amino acids are excreted in the urine.
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- noun medicine The presence of
amino acids in theurine
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- noun abnormal presence of amino acids in the urine; usually a symptom of metabolic defects
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Examples
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Laboratory data Plasma values of essential amino acids may be decreased relative to nonessential ones, and there may be increased aminoaciduria.
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In addition, people who suffer from aminoaciduria also cannot easily change their lifestyle to rectify their body odor because aminoaciduria results from an enzyme deficiency.
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Also, there can be inborn errors of metabolism for example, aminoaciduria.
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