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  1. oasthouse urine disease
    An inherited metabolic defect in the absorption of methionine which is converted by intestinal bacteria to alpha-hydroxybutyric acid; characterised by diarrhoea, tachypnea, and marked urinary excretion of alpha-hydroxybutyric acid (causing an odour like that of an oasthouse). ... Origin: oast, kiln ...
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  2. oasthouse urine disease
    (ōst´hows) methionine malabsorption syndrome.
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  3. oasthouse urine disease
    Type: Term Definitions: 1. an autosomal recessively inherited metabolic defect in the absorption of methionine that is converted by intestinal bacteria to α-hydroxybutyric acid; characterized by diarrhea, tachypnea, and marked urinary excretion of α-hydroxybutyric acid (causing an odor lik...
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=25695

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