NOUN | state | ketoacidosis, diabetic acidosis | acidosis with an accumulation of ketone bodies |
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Meaning | acidosis with an accumulation of ketone bodies; occurs primarily in diabetes mellitus. | |
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Synonym | diabetic acidosis | |
Part of | type I diabetes, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, IDDM, juvenile-onset diabetes, juvenile diabetes, growth-onset diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, autoimmune diabetes | severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset |
Broader | acidosis | abnormally high acidity (excess hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues |
Spanish | cetoacidosis | |
Catalan | cetoacidosi |
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