ketoacidosis

English

Etymology

From keto- +‎ acidosis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

ketoacidosis (countable and uncountable, plural ketoacidoses)

1. (biology, medicine) A severe form of ketosis, most commonly seen in diabetics, in which so much ketone is produced that acidosis occurs.

Hypernyms

• ketosis
• hyperketosis

Coordinate terms

• hyperketoacidemia
• ketoacidemia

Derived terms

• diabetic ketoacidosis

Translations

severe form of ketosis

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 酮酸中毒 (tóngsuān zhòngdú)

• Czech: ketoacidóza f
• Finnish: happomyrkytys (fi) (common); ketoasidoosi (medical jargon)
• German: Ketoazidose (de) f, Ketoacidose (de) f
• Hungarian: ketoacidózis (hu)
• Irish: céataigéadóis f
• Portuguese: cetoacidose f

Further reading

• “ketoacidosis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.