cystinuria

[sis-tuh-noor-ee-uh, -nyoor-]

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noun

Pathology.

an inherited metabolic disorder that results in the excessive excretion of certain amino acids, especially cystine, in the urine.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cystinuria¹

First recorded in 1850–55; cystine + -uria

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The purchase was another notorious move by Shkreli, who had already become infamous for aggressively hiking the price of the drug Thiola, used to treat the disease cystinuria.

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Many cases of cystinuria, the disease Thiola treats, are undiagnosed, he has said.

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That is the life of the uncontrolled cystinuria patient… Thiola is an old drug.

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The drug is used almost exclusively for patients suffering from cystinuria, a particularly nasty disease affecting the kidneys.

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Without belaboring the science too much, patients suffering from cystinuria have kidneys which excrete cysteine abnormally.

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cystine cystitis

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