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Definition of Ochronosis
1. Noun. An accumulation of dark pigment in cartilage and other connective tissue; usually a symptom of alkaptonuria or phenol poisoning.
Definition of Ochronosis
1. Noun. An autosomal-recessive metabolic disorder that causes an excess of homogentisic acid, resulting in adverse pigmentation, calcification, and inflammation of cartilaginous and related tissue throughout the body. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Ochronosis
1. Deposition of dark brown pigment in cartilage, joint capsules and other tissues, usually as a result of alkaptonuria. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ochronosis
Literary usage of Ochronosis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler, Thomas McCrae (1916)
"ochronosis Definition.—A rare disorder of metabolism associated with blackening
of the ... When well developed, ochronosis presents a very striking picture. ..."
2. Pathological physiology of internal diseases by Albion Walter Hewlett (1916)
"In the rare condition known as ochronosis, the cartilages of the body become dark
owing to the formation of a dark pigment. In certain cases, not only the ..."
3. Functional Pathology of Internal Diseases by Albion Walter Hewlett (1916)
"In the rare condition known as ochronosis, the cartilages of the body become dark
owing to the formation of a dark pigment. In certain cases, not only the ..."
4. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"In the rare condition known as ochronosis, the cartilages of the body become dark
owing to the formation of a dark pigment. ..."
5. Differential Diagnosis of Internal Diseases by Milton Howard Fussell (1916)
"Pigmentation without enlarged liver and diabetes cannot be so diagnosed. 10.
ochronosis Etiology.—ochronosis is a disorder of metabolism, the chief symptoms ..."
6. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1906)
"The case, then, was typical of ochronosis. As in Virchow's observation, ...
It has, for instance, been suggested that ochronosis is the same as alkaptonuria ..."
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