The presence of albumose (a protein breakdown product) in the urine, typically indicating digestive or metabolic abnormalities.
From 'albumose' + Greek 'ouron' (urine), literally 'albumose in urine.' A more specific diagnostic term than albuminuria.
This word was the 19th-century version of narrow medical specificity—doctors were so excited about finding different protein types in urine that they named each one separately!
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