See Also: fructosuria(medicine)

afforestation (oh) and fructosuria (medicine)


afforestation (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: afforestatio, from afforestare 'to plant a forest', from Latin ad- 'to' + Medieval Latin forestis 'forest']
the act of planting trees in order to make a forest
-opposite deforestation deforestation

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.