KETOACIDOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ketoacidosis mean? 

• KETOACIDOSIS (noun)
  The noun KETOACIDOSIS has 1 sense:

1. acidosis with an accumulation of ketone bodies; occurs primarily in diabetes mellitus

  Familiarity information: KETOACIDOSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KETOACIDOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

diabetic acidosis; ketoacidosis

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)

 Context examples 

The classic form presents in the first week of life with ketoacidosis, hypoglycemia, emesis, neonatal seizures, and hypertonia.

(Maple Syrup Urine Disease, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A disorder characterized by complete absence of subcutaneous adipose tissue, insulin-resistant diabetes with little tendency to ketoacidosis, hyperlipidemia with subcutaneous xanthomatosis, hepatomegaly, and an elevated basal metabolic rate.

(Lipoatrophic Diabetes Mellitus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)