See Also: fructosuria(medicine)

half (iou) and fructosuria (medicine)


half (iou)



half verb intrans. & trans. [h¨»:f] Chiefly dial. L19.
[from HALVE verb.]
Halve; go halves in (something).

fructosuria (medicine)


fructosuria
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.