ochronosis
English
/ˌəʊ.kɹə(ʊ)ˈnəʊ.sɪs/, /ˌoʊ.kɹəˈnoʊ.sɪs/
noun
Definitions
- (symptom) 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.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Ochronosis affix from Ancient Greek ὠχρός (pale, sallow, wan, yellow, pale yellow, colour yellow, pale-yellow, yolk, ochre) + Ancient Greek νόσος (disease, sickness, plague, suffering).
Origin
Ancient Greek
νόσος
Gloss
disease, sickness, plague, suffering
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
症, 疾
Emoji
🦟 🪰
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hālitus Latin
- nosodochium Latin
- ochra Latin
- ochraceus Latin
- Ochronosis German
- noso- Italian
- zoonose French
- zoonosis Spanish, Castilian
- ζῷον Ancient Greek
- νοσέω Ancient Greek
- νόσος Ancient Greek
- ὠχρός Ancient Greek
- zoonose Norwegian Bokmål
- zoonose Norwegian Nynorsk
- νόσος Greek (modern)
- ωχρός Greek (modern)
- зооноз Bulgarian
- *okro- Proto-Kartvelian