ochronosis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ochronosis, from Ancient Greek ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “pale yellow, sallow”) +‎ Ancient Greek νόσος (nósos, “sickness, disease, plague”) +‎ -osis (“disease, condition”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ochronosis (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, pharmacology) Abnormal brown pigmentation of tissue (especially cartilage and ligaments), specifically that resulting from the accumulation of a melanin-like pigment derived from homogentisic acid in the metabolic disorder alkaptonuria.

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