diabetic ketoacidosis

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diabetic ketoacidosis (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, pathology) An acute, major, life-threatening complication of diabetes mellitus characterized by hyperglycemia, ketoacidosis, and ketonuria.
    Synonyms: (initialism) DKA, diabetic crisis
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