ketoacidosis
ketoacidosis · ketoacidoses
Ketoazidose, Ketoacidose
A severe form of ketosis, most commonly seen in diabetics, in which so much ketone is…A severe form of ketosis, most commonly seen in diabetics, in which so much ketone is produced that acidosis occurs.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A severe form of ketosis, most commonly seen in diabetics, in which so much ketone is produced that acidosis occurs.
Ketoazidose, Ketoacidose
acidosis with an accumulation of ketone bodies; occurs primarily in diabetes mellitus
Translations
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By meaning 1
severe form of ketosis:
Forms
plural: ketoacidoses| Singular | ketoacidosis |
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irregular
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- acidosis with an accumulation of ketone bodies; occurs primarily in diabetes mellitus:diabetic acidosis
Word family
1 related wordsDeriveddiabetic ketoacidosis
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable