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nounketonemia (countable and uncountable, plural ketonemias)
plural ketonemias · alternative ketonaemia
- countableuncountableAn excess of ketones in the blood, sometimes associated with lipolysis.
If symptoms are directly proportional to the degree of hypoglycemia, ketonemias or a combination of the two, this animal would logically be expected to show pronounced symptoms.
1947, Donald Edward Jasper, Hepatic Changes in the Bovine During Pregnancy and Ketosis
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nounan abnormal increase of ketone bodies in the blood as in diabetes mellitus
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ketonemia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ketonemia
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