Definition
A dark compound produced in the body due to alkaptonuria, a rare metabolic disorder affecting amino acid processing.
Etymology
From Arabic al-qapṭ meaning 'stain' or 'discoloration', a medical term created when physicians recognized the dark urine characteristic of the genetic condition.
Kelly Says
The word 'alcapton' comes from the symptom itself—dark-staining urine—and the condition was one of the first genetic diseases to be scientifically studied, recognized long before anyone understood DNA.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
አልካፕቶን
al-ka-p-to-n
ARالعربية
ألكابتون
al-ka-b-to-n
BNবাংলা
এলকাপ্টন
el-ka-p-ton
CACatalà
alcaptone
al-kap-to-ne
CSČeština
alcaptone
al-kap-to-ne
DADansk
alcaptone
al-kap-to-ne
DEDeutsch
Alcaptone
al-kap-to-ne
ELΕλληνικά
αλκαπτόν
al-ka-p-to-n
ESEspañol
alcapto
al-kap-to
FAفارسی
الکاپتون
al-ka-p-to-n
FISuomi
alcaptone
al-kap-to-ne
FRFrançais
alcaptone
al-kap-tohn
GUGU
અલકાપ્ટોન
al-ka-p-to-n
HAHA
alcaptone
al-kap-to-ne
HEעברית
אל-קפטון
al-kaf-to-n
HIहिन्दी
अलकाप्टोन
al-ka-p-to-n
HUMagyar
alcaptone
al-kap-to-ne
IDBahasa Indonesia
alcaptone
al-kap-to-ne
IGIG
alcaptone
al-kap-to-ne
ITItaliano
alcaptone
al-kap-to-ne
KMKM
អលកាបតុន
al-ka-pa-tu-n
MRMR
अलकाप्टोन
al-ka-p-to-n
MSBahasa Melayu
alcaptone
al-kap-to-ne
MYမြန်မာ
အလကပတုံ
a-lka-pa-tu-n
NLNederlands
alcaptone
al-kap-to-ne
NONorsk
alcaptone
al-kap-to-ne
PAPA
ਅਲਕਾਪਟਨ
al-ka-p-ta-n
PLPolski
alcaptone
al-kap-to-ne
PTPortuguês
alcaptone
al-kap-to-ne
RORomână
alcaptone
al-kap-to-ne
RUРусский
алкаптон
alka-p-ton
SVSvenska
alcaptone
al-kap-to-ne
SWKiswahili
alcaptone
al-kap-to-ne
TAதமிழ்
அல்காப்டோன்
al-ka-p-to-n
TEతెలుగు
అల్కాప్టోన్
al-ka-p-to-n
THไทย
อัลคาปโตน
al-ka-p-to-n
TLTL
alcaptone
al-kap-to-ne
TRTürkçe
alcaptone
al-kap-to-ne
UKУкраїнська
алкаптон
alka-p-ton
URاردو
الکابٹون
al-ka-b-to-n
VITiếng Việt
alcaptone
al-kap-to-ne
YOYO
alcaptone
al-kap-to-ne
ZUZU
alcaptone
al-kap-to-ne