Definition of Fructosuria

1. Noun. The presence of levulose is the urine. "Fructosuria is a harmless condition"

Generic synonyms: Glycosuria

Definition of Fructosuria

1. Noun. (pathology) The (abnormal) presence of fructose in the urine ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Fructosuria

1. Excretion of fructose in the urine. Synonym: levulosuria. Origin: fructose + G. Ouron, urine Essential fructosuria, a benign, asymptomatic inborn error of metabolism due to deficiency of fructokinase, the first enzyme in the specific fructose pathway; fructose appears in the blood and urine, but is simply excreted unchanged; autosomal recessive inheritance. A fructokinase deficiency. See: hereditary fructose intolerance. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fructosuria

fructosaemia
fructosamine
fructosan
fructose
fructose-6-phosphate phosphoketolase
fructose-bisphosphatase
fructose-bisphosphate aldolase
fructose-diphosphate aldolase
fructose 1-phosphate
fructose 6-phosphate
fructose intolerance
fructose permease
fructosediphosphates
fructoses
fructoside
fructosuria (current term)
fructosyl-
fructosyl aminocaproate-oxygen oxidoreductase
fructosyl lysine oxidase
fructuaries
fructuary
fructuation
fructuous
fructure
fructuronate reductase
frue vanner
frug
frugal
frugalism
frugalista

Literary usage of Fructosuria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Clinical Diagnosis: The Bacteriological, Chemical, and Microscopical by Rudolf Jaksch von Wartenhorst (1899)
"... the deviation of the zero-point of the disc from that of the vernier being half as great as the deviation of the two rods. 2. fructosuria. ..."

2. Diet in Health and Disease by Julius Friedenwald, John Ruhräh (1907)
"Instances in which glycosuria and fructosuria alternate have not been recognised with ... Alimentary fructosuria. This condition has long been known, ..."

3. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Lewellys Franklin Barker, Milton Howard Fussell, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"(c) d-Fructose in the Urine (fructosuria; ... L Occurrence of fructosuria The appearance of d-fructose, often called ..."

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