KETOACIDOSIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Acidosis with an accumulation of ketone bodies; occurs primarily in diabetes mellitus

Synonyms:

diabetic acidosis; ketoacidosis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("ketoacidosis" is a kind of...):

acidosis (abnormally high acidity (excess hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues)

Holonyms ("ketoacidosis" is a part of...):

autoimmune diabetes; growth-onset diabetes; IDDM; insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; juvenile-onset diabetes; juvenile diabetes; ketoacidosis-prone diabetes; ketosis-prone diabetes; type I diabetes (severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease)

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