ketoacidosis

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noun

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

Similar
diabetic acidosis
OriginEnglish acidosis ← German Keton →
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Meanings

nounketoacidosis (countable and uncountable, plural ketoacidoses)

plural ketoacidoses

  1. countableuncountablebiologyA severe form of ketosis, most commonly seen in diabetics, in which so much ketone is produced that acidosis occurs.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounacidosis with an accumulation of ketone bodies; occurs primarily in diabetes mellitus

Similar
diabetic acidosis
Broader
acidosis

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. GermanKeton
  2. Englishketone
  3. Englishketo-
  4. Englishacidosis
  5. Englishketoacidosis

From keto- + acidosis.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 酮酸中毒
  • 酮酸中毒 (tóngsuān zhòngdú)severe form of ketosis
Czech ketoacidóza
  • ketoacidózasevere form of ketosis
Finnish happomyrkytys, ketoasidoosi
  • happomyrkytyssevere form of ketosis
  • ketoasidoosisevere form of ketosis
German Ketoazidose, Ketoacidose
  • Ketoazidosesevere form of ketosis
  • Ketoacidosesevere form of ketosis
Hungarian ketoacidózis
  • ketoacidózissevere form of ketosis
Irish céataigéadóis
  • céataigéadóissevere form of ketosis
Portuguese cetoacidose
  • cetoacidosesevere form of ketosis
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APA

ketoacidosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ketoacidosis

MLA

“ketoacidosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ketoacidosis. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ketoacidosis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ketoacidosis.

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