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Acidosis with an accumulation of ketone bodies
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ketoacidosis
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Ketoacidosis is a metabolic state associated with high concentrations of ketone bodies , formed by the breakdown of fatty acids and the deamination of amino acids . The two common ketones produced in humans are acetoacetic acid and β-hydroxybutyrate . Ketoacidosis ...
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n. (context pathology English) A severe form of ketosis, most commonly seen in diabetes, in which so much ketone is produced that acidosis occurs.
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n. acidosis with an accumulation of ketone bodies; occurs primarily in diabetes mellitus [syn: diabetic acidosis ]
Usage examples of ketoacidosis.
What she had just suffered was a diabetic coma, or full-blown ketoacidosis, complicated by severe dehydration.