ketoacidosis

English

Etymology

From keto- +‎ acidosis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

ketoacidosis (countable and uncountable, plural ketoacidoses)

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

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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)
Portuguese: cetoacidose f

Further reading

“ketoacidosis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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